LUSHAI EXPEDITION (N E India 1871-2)

IndiaS North-West Frontier Was Famously A Source Of Trouble And Strife To The Rulers Of British India. But As This Book Amply Shows The North-Eastern Borders Of The Raj Was Almost As Turbulent. This Is The Account Of A British Punitive Expedition Against One Particularly Restless People The Lushai In 1871-2. The Author Lieut R.G. Woodthorpe Was A Royal Engineers Officer Engaged On Surveying India When The Expedition Was Mounted And He Was Invited To Join. Woodthorpe Gives A Detailed Description Of The Appearence Customs And History Of The Lushai Before Describing The Expedition Under General Bourchier Itself. The Book Is A Valuable Account Of The Activities Of A Typical British Field Force So Common In Late Victorian Times. Illustrated With Two Engravings And A Map.