The Chitral campaign : a narrative of events in Chitral, Swat, and Bajour . o Captain Tate,of the 15th Bengal Lancers, the inspecting officerof the Imperial Service Cavalry and Transport inRajputana and the North-West Provinces, who hasbeen closely connected with the corps ever since itsformation, and to Lieutenant Munn, of the 36thSikhs, who, as well as Captain Tate, was with itduring the campaign. I have described these two corps rather in detail,not only because their remarkable efficiency is initself noteworthy, but because they belong to theImperial Service troops, which were only raised
The Chitral campaign : a narrative of events in Chitral, Swat, and Bajour . o Captain Tate,of the 15th Bengal Lancers, the inspecting officerof the Imperial Service Cavalry and Transport inRajputana and the North-West Provinces, who hasbeen closely connected with the corps ever since itsformation, and to Lieutenant Munn, of the 36thSikhs, who, as well as Captain Tate, was with itduring the campaign. I have described these two corps rather in detail,not only because their remarkable efficiency is initself noteworthy, but because they belong to theImperial Service troops, which were only raised afew years ago, and which have not been employedbefore on active service. It is exceedingly satisfac-tory to find that they can do such excellent work,and it would seem to point to the conclusion thatin our wars of the future in India, the ImperialService troops will play an important part. It mustbe remembered that with the exception of the 14thSikhs, the troops who held Chitral Fort wereKashmir Imperial Service troops. In estimating the difficulties which the transport. TRANSPORT DIFFICULTIES 253 and commissariat had to surmount it must be bornein mind that the country through which the forcehad to proceed was entirely unknown, and thatuntil the sappers and miners and the pioneers hadbeen at work on them the roads were mere moun-tain tracks, not difficult or dangerous as they are inChitral, but tedious and easily blocked. After atime, when Major Abbot had finished his road overthe Malakand, and there were bridges over boththe Swat and Panjkora rivers, everything workedsmoothly enough, and the sending up of supplies tothe front was a comparatively easy matter ; but atthe outset the difficulties were very great, and thetransport and commissariat officers had greatexposure and exceedingly hard work. It was notonly the men who had to be fed, but the animalsalso. The valleys in Dir and Chitral, thoughexceedingly fertile, are narrow and confined, andcould not long supply even grass
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