Sepoys in the Trenches: The Indian Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1915 (The Great War Series Book 2)

October 1914. With the First World War underway, and desperately short of men, the British Army forms the two-division Indian Corps which is sent over to France just in time for the first battle of Ypres. They find themselves in an unknown land, fighting an enemy about whom they know very little, and for a cause that is not their own. In recognition of their courage and bravery, many returned home with medals. But their fight was a unique and difficult one. As customs and beliefs differed throughout the Corps, it was necessary to find British soldiers who understood and were, in turn, welcomed and admired by the Indian troops. And even as they took terrible casualties, and morale suffered, the men of the Indian Corps fought on with dignity, honour and valour. 'Sepoys in the Trenches' pays tribute to the many brave Indian men who fought and died in France. 'A valuable addition to the body of Great War literature as well as an overdue tribute to the part played in it by the soldiers of India.' British Army Review 'In this scholarly and eminently readable book, Major Gordon Corrigan . .. has, at a stroke, filled a significant gap in the historiogaphy of the the First World War.' Professor Peter Simkins 'Meticulously researched and well-written ... a history of a magnificent Corps of proud warriors courageously led, to whom this Country owes an eternal debt.' Pennant Major Gordon Corrigan is a retired Gurkha officer, a member of the British Commission for Military History and Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. Fluent in the Nepali language, he is now a freelance military historian and battlefield lecturer. He is a well known figure on the History channel.