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When, in November 1893, a Boundary Agreement between the Government of India and Amir of Cabul was signed, it was hoped that the agreement would usher in peace and tranquility in the restive North-West Frontiers of British India. The bonhomie, however, did not last long....Indian forts and posts located along the boundary near Khyber Pass were attacked and sacked by Afghan tribesmen; and their forays into Indian Territory became too audacious and frequent to be ignored. In 1897, an expeditionary force consisting of 35,000 men, about 20,000 camp-followers and 30,000 baggage animals under General Sir William Lockhart was assembled and dispatched to punish rebellious Orakzai and Afridi tribes and secure their submission. Campaign in Tirah is a fascinating account of the operational and administrative management of the Tirah Expeditionary Force, which had to traverse through high mountains, dangerous defiles, and rushing torrents, meeting bitter resistance from simple, savage, and violent tribesmen along the North-West Frontier. First published in 1898, this is a complete account of one of India's most defiant and arduous military campaigns in history.

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