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23 de jul. de 2013 · As a 22-year-old subaltern in the 4th Hussars stationed in Bangalore in 1897, Winston Churchill was an ambitious young soldier. Seeking military distinction, he talked his way onto the Malakand Field Force to battle restless frontier tribes after meeting the commander, Sir Bindon Blood, at a social engagement.
21 de abr. de 2014 · Nearly four hundred miles in breadth and more than sixteen hundred in length, this mountainous region divides the great plains of the south from those of Central Asia, and parts as a channel separates opposing shores, the Eastern Empire of Great Britain from that of Russia. The western end of this tumult of ground is formed by the peaks of the ...
1 de dic. de 2005 · The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War Credits: HTML conversion by David Widger Language: English: LoC Class: DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia: Subject: Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 Subject: Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography Subject: North-west Frontier Province (Pakistan) -- History ...
The Story of the Malakand Field Force (sous-titré An Episode of Frontier War) est un livre écrit en 1898 par Winston Churchill, dont c'est la première œuvre. Il faudra attendre 2012 pour qu'en soit publiée une édition en français, traduite par John Le Terrier : Il est édité en français sous le titre La Guerre du Malakand 1 .
The Malakand Field Force had an immediate and wide success. The reviewers, though sarcastic about the misprints, etc., vied with each other in praise. When the first bundle of reviews reached me [in India] together with the volume as published, I was filled with pride and pleasure at the compliments, and consternated about the blunders.
This book, first published in 1898, recounts an expedition by a British field force to subdue insurrection in a breakaway Indian province. Churchill was a young cavalry officer at that time, temporarily accredited as a war correspondent, largely through the efforts of his mother.
19 de ago. de 2008 · Patrick J. Garrity +. August 19, 2008. “Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”. Thus wrote Lt. Winston Churchill, age 22, as he reflected on his experience as a member of the Malakand Field Force, dispatched in the summer of 1897 to deal with unrest on the Northwest Frontier of British India (now part of Pakistan).
