AN EPISODE OF FRONTIER WAR
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.