The Indian Army on the Western Front: India’s Expeditionary Force to France and Belgium in the First World War

The Indian Army on the Western Front: India’s Expeditionary Force to France and Belgium in the First World WarThe Indian Army on the Western Front: India's Expeditionary Force to France and Belgium in the First World War by George Morton-Jack
ISBN: 9781107027466
Published by Cambridge University Press on April 7th 2014
Pages: 348

Len's Summary: Two divisions of British Indian Army troops arrived in France six weeks after the outbreak of war, a frontier constabulary utterly unprepared and ill-equipped for modern warfare. Still, as the only readily available reserves, they provided the difference between defeat and survival for an outnumbered BEF.