PASSING IT ON

Short Talks on Tribal Fighting on the North-West Frontier of India 1897-1920

von General Andrew Skeen

148 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book, originally published as a guide for British lieutenants and captains, demonstrates - using General Skeen's first-hand experience - that improvements in technology, much of it available to both sides, had only a modest impact on infantry fighting in the rugged terrain of the North-West Frontier of India, both before and after the Great War. However, Skeen also demonstrates that the key to enhancing basic infantry effectiveness is using the terrain effectively, maintaining force security and understanding the mountain people.'The Mahsud or Wazir is an expert at attacking convoys or small detachments and is assisted by the nature of his country, the ravines being narrow and winding, while the hillsides... are often thickly covered in bushes. He attacks systematically, with special parties being told off for specific duties, such as the neutralisation of adjacent picquets by fire, support to his advanced parties of swordsmen etc.'Ambushes may sometimes open by a few shots from one side of a nullah. Untrained troops rush to cover on the side from which the fire comes. This is what is waited for. Heavy accurate fire from the other bank then finishes the party.'Pamphlet issued by HQ Waziristan District, 1924

• Reihe: No Series Linked
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Militärgeschichte
• ISBN: 9781783319657
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 28.06.2021
• Größe: 222 x 145 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press