The 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment In The Sikkim Expedition Of 1888 Classic Reprint

Author : Herbert Augustus Iggulden
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230292458
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (924 download)

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Download or read book The 2nd [I. E. Second] Battalion Derbyshire Regiment in the Sikkim Expedition of 1888 [I. E. Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-Eight] written by Herbert Augustus Iggulden and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V. More waiting--Attack in force by Thibetans--Action of Gnatong--Defeat and rout of Thibetan forces--Further inaction--Profusion of wild flowers--Life in the monsoon--Reinforcements ordered up. We had strong hopes that at the beginning of May we should be allowed to "go for " the Thibetans, and have no more nonsense about the matter, as the Lamas refused to come to terms, and here we were, within a few miles of one another, playing at the school boy game of "you hit me first, and then I'll give you beans." No such luck, however. The powers that were, ruled that we were on no account to unnecessarily attack the enemy who has invaded our country, and who continues to return impertinent messages to our overtures for an understanding. Morever, we are forbidden to aggravate them unduly by approaching within three miles of our own frontier line on the Jelapla Pass, so that the foe, who has for eighteen months occupied our country, and who has retired with all speed before our small column, may now flourish his antiquated weapons and defy us to his heart's content on the top of the Jelapla Pass, secure in the edict issued by the Government of India that he is not on any account to be thwarted. We have nothing to do, therefore, but possess our souls in patience and wait on the course of events, trusting for some climax to occur to put an end to the weary game of sitting still and doing nothing. Rumours came at the beginning of May that all British troops were to return to the plains, for which we were not sorry, as the prospect of further fighting seemed remote. These rumours never came to anything, however, so we stood fast and spent our time in improving the camp, in making it stronger by building a stockade of logs properly...