内容简介:The first Gurkha regiments were formed during the short and bloody Anglo-Nepali War (1814-15), when Nepalese troops surrendering to the British Indian army at the Battle of Malaun were recruited to fight for their captors. The Gurkhas have been staunch friends in every war fought ...
The Gurkhas: A History of the Recruitment in the British Indian Army From the horrors of war, the first day of the battle of the Somme will go down in history as the bloodiest day in British military history. Pressed... KRS Rathaur 被引量: 0发表: 2000年 The British Army - History ...
Gurkhas were later incorporated into the regular British Army, and they went on to serve in nearly every major British military action of the 19th and 20th centuries. Famous for their curved kukri knives and the motto “Better to die than be a coward,” they earned a reputation for their ...
(1991) Relics of Empire: a cultural history of the Gurkhas, 1815-1987, PhD dissertation, Stanford University, California.des Chene, Mary. 1991. Relics of empire: A cultural history of the Gurkhas, 1815-1987. PhD dissertation, Stanford University. Available from University Microfilms International...
Prominent among symbols for the nation as a whole are the national flower and bird, the rhododendron and danfe; the flag; the plumed crown worn by the kings; and the crossed kukhris (curved knives) of the Gurkhas, mercenary regiments that have fought for the British Army in a number of...
He joined the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1871, and after six years' service in India was transferred to the Indian Army, serving in the 38th Dogras and 1st Gurkhas. After a distin guished military and administrative career, in ... None - 《Nature》 被引量: 0发表: 1931年 加载更多研究...
the Gurkhas opposed the might of the East India Company alone. At this time neither the independent states of India, such as the Marathas and the Sikh Khalsa, nor the exterior nations on the periphery of British influence, Burma (Myanmar), Bhutan, or even the mighty Empire of the Qin (...
British in India who had to face it in the well-documented battles since 1814 while combating the Gorkha army in the western Nepal. Thus was born the legend and the romance. In the Gurkha soldier’s grip, this seemingly small piece of curved steel becomes an incredibly menacing weapon with...
In 1788, the Regent ofNepalsent Gurkha forces to invade Tibet. The Qing Emperor responded in strength, and the Nepalese retreated. The Gurkhas returned three years later, plundering and destroying some famous Tibetan monasteries. The Chinese sent a force of 17,000 which, along with Tibetan tro...
The awesome cutting edge of the Khukuri was first experienced by the British in India who had to face it in the well-documented battles since 1814 while combating the Gorkhali Sainik in western Nepal. Thus was born the legend and the romance. In the Gurkha soldier's grip, this seemingly ...