With Mounted Infantry in Tibet: With the Indian Army of the 'Tibet Mission Force' 1903-04

by W.J. Ottley

Book Overview

War through high passes to Tibet

Following the subjugation of the Punjab, the kingdom of the Sikhs, in the middle years of the 19th century the British Empire effectively controlled the Indian sub-continent. Although the Indian Mutiny of 1857 temporarily disrupted the peaceful consolidation of Britain's 'jewel in the crown, ' the borders of its Indian domain were not seriously threatened. As the century progressed the principal concern of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857068199
• ISBN13: 9780857068194
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"