Chitral 1895 by Mark Simner
In 1895, a small Indian Army garrison, commanded by Surgeon-Major Sir George Scott Robertson and Captain Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, was besieged by a joint Chitrali and Pathan army at the fort of Chitral. Despite the odds being heavily stacked against them, Robertson's beleaguered little garrison held out for forty-eight days until a relief expedition was able to fight its way through to the rescue. The siege and subsequent relief is a story of valour and sheer determination in the face of a stubborn adversary and extreme weather conditions, all played out on the often-mountainous terrain of the north-western border of British India. Robertson described events in Chitral as a 'minor siege', but the siege and subsequent relief should be viewed as an important episode in Britain's 'Great Game' with Russia, which would have serious consequences for the British several years later. Indeed, the retention of Chitral by the Indian Government would be a contributing factor to the mass uprisings along the North-West Frontier of India during late 1897. In reality, it was anything but a minor siege.
Mark Simner has been interested in British military history since childhood, having widely read and researched the period of 1700-1945. In 2007 he set up the incredibly successful 'Victorian Wars Forum', which was followed by the equally popular 'Napoleonic Wars Forum' in 2011. His first book, 'An Illustrated Introduction to the Battle of Waterloo', was published in May 2015, and he has since written a number of other titles and articles.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781556184 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781556180 |
| Title | Chitral 1895 |
| Author | Mark Simner |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Fonthill Media Ltd |
| Year published | 2017-07-06 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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