On Secret Patrol in High Asia (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Latham Valentine Stewart Blacker

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440035970 ISBN 13 : 9781440035975

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Frontline memories from the Merv Front blend hardship, loyalty, and hard-won humor in war-torn Central Asia.

A firsthand account of patrols and headquarters life on the edge of the Russian and Bolshevik conflicts, this memoir follows not just battles but the people who ride and fight them. The narrative moves through rugged terrain, uneasy alliances, and moments of quiet observation that reveal how war reshapes every day.

• Meet the people and horses that carry riders through shifting loyalties and near-constant danger
• See how expedition life blends frontline action with long stretches of waiting and watching
• Experience vivid scenes of desert patrols, railways, and border towns under strain
• Encounter memorable portraits of officers, soldiers, and civilians from multiple sides of the conflict

Ideal for readers of WWI-era warfare memoirs and travelers drawn to Central Asia’s frontlines during a time of great upheaval.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Sir Harry Lumsden, raised in India a peculiar corps. I ts name was strange and new in the army, for he called it the Corps of Guides; its uniform was stranger still, for at a time when all were clad in scarlet or blue or green, Lumsden clothed his men in a uniform of his own invention, the very same khaki which these long years afterwards has become the fighting kit, not only of theB ritish A rmy, but of the armies of more than half the world. A gain parting from tradition, instead of raising a regiment of cavalry or a battalion of infantry this new corps was composed of cavalry and infantry combined, in which the officers, and if they so wished the men, were interchangeable. Thus an officer might be heading a cavalry charge one day and leading an infantry assault the next. But there was a still deeper inspiration in Lumsden smind. The corps was to be composed not only of picked fighting men whom he could be assured would not be taken aback in a sudden emergency, but which could produce from amongst its numbers trained explorers and military reconnoitrers who singly or in small bodies could undertake the most hazardous and distant adventures, bringing back fairly accurate maps, as well as military, political, and geographical information.
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Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from On Secret Patrol in High Asia

Back in the last century a young subaltern, afterwards known to fame as Sir Harry Lumsden, raised in India a peculiar corps. Its name was strange and new in the army, for he called it the Corps of Guides; its uniform was stranger still, for at a time when all were clad in scarlet or blue or green, Lumsden clothed his men in a uniform of his own invention, the very same khaki which these long years afterwards has become the fighting kit, not only of the British Army, but of the armies of more than half the world. Again parting from tradition, instead of raising a regiment of cavalry or a battalion of infantry this new corps was composed of cavalry and infantry combined, in which the officers, and if they so wished the men, were interchangeable. Thus an officer might be heading a cavalry charge one day and leading an infantry assault the next. But there was a still deeper inspiration in Lumsden's mind. The corps was to be composed not only of picked fighting men whom he could be assured "would not be taken aback in a sudden emergency," but which could produce from amongst its numbers trained explorers and military reconnoitrers who singly or in small bodies could undertake the most hazardous and distant adventures, bringing back fairly accurate maps, as well as military, political, and geographical information.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440035970
• ISBN 13: 9781440035975
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 355
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