Frontier Fighters

On Active Service in Wazristan

Nonfiction, History, Military, World War I, Biography & Memoir, Historical
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Author: Cumming, James, Cumming, Walter ISBN: 9781781598801
Publisher: Pen and Sword Publication: May 12, 2010
Imprint: Pen and Sword Language: English
Author: Cumming, James, Cumming, Walter
ISBN: 9781781598801
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Publication: May 12, 2010
Imprint: Pen and Sword
Language: English

These are fascinating memoirs of a British officer who fought the legendary Pathan tribesmen of the North-West Frontier, right up to the beginning of WW2. He describes desperate battles against this highly skilled and ruthless enemy. Pathan atrocities were commonplace and no prisoners were taken. Cumming served in two Frontier units, the South Waziristan Scouts and the Corps of Guides. Waziristan, the home of Wazirs and Mahsuds, the most warlike of Pathan tribes, is today a sanctuary for Al Qaeda and Taleban terrorists.Frontier Fighters describes the closing stages of Britains imperial presence on the sub-continent. Yet apart from the pig sticking, polo and hunting, there was great excitement, danger and gallantry. A unique bond existed between the British and their native troops. Paradoxically Cumming went on to command a Pathan regiment in North Africa in WW2.

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These are fascinating memoirs of a British officer who fought the legendary Pathan tribesmen of the North-West Frontier, right up to the beginning of WW2. He describes desperate battles against this highly skilled and ruthless enemy. Pathan atrocities were commonplace and no prisoners were taken. Cumming served in two Frontier units, the South Waziristan Scouts and the Corps of Guides. Waziristan, the home of Wazirs and Mahsuds, the most warlike of Pathan tribes, is today a sanctuary for Al Qaeda and Taleban terrorists.Frontier Fighters describes the closing stages of Britains imperial presence on the sub-continent. Yet apart from the pig sticking, polo and hunting, there was great excitement, danger and gallantry. A unique bond existed between the British and their native troops. Paradoxically Cumming went on to command a Pathan regiment in North Africa in WW2.

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