AN EPISODE OF FRONTIER WAR
Reading edition
By Sir Winston S. Churchill
"They (Frontier Wars) are but the surf that marks the edge and the advance of the wave of civilisation." LORD SALISBURY, Guildhall, 1892
CONTENTS
PREFACE CHAPTER I. THE THEATRE OF WAR CHAPTER II. THE MALAKAND CAMPS CHAPTER III. THE OUTBREAK CHAPTER IV. THE ATTACK ON THE MALAKAND CHAPTER V. THE RELIEF OF CHAKDARA CHAPTER VI. THE DEFENCE OF CHAKDARA CHAPTER VII. THE GATE OF SWAT CHAPTER VIII. THE ADVANCE AGAINST THE MOHMANDS CHAPTER IX. RECONNAISSANCE CHAPTER X. THE MARCH TO NAWAGAI CHAPTER XI. THE ACTION OF THE MAMUND VALLEY, 16TH SEPTEMBER CHAPTER XII. AT INAYAT KILA CHAPTER XIII. NAWAGAI CHAPTER XIV. BACK TO THE MAMUND VALLEY CHAPTER XV. THE WORK OF THE CAVALRY CHAPTER XVI. SUBMISSION CHAPTER XVII. MILITARY OBSERVATIONS CHAPTER XVIII. AND LAST... THE RIDDLE OF THE FRONTIER
THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED TO MAJOR-GENERAL SIR BINDON BLOOD, K.C.B. UNDER WHOSE COMMAND THE OPERATIONS THEREIN RECORDED WERE CARRIED OUT; BY WHOSE GENERALSHIP THEY WERE BROUGHT TO A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION; AND TO WHOSE KINDNESS THE AUTHOR IS INDEBTED FOR THE MOST VALUABLE AND FASCINATING EXPERIENCE OF HIS LIFE.