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The Indian Cavalry Divisions in Somme: 1916
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Kenyon, David - The Indian Cavalry Divisions in Somme: 1916
Keywords: France | Indian Cavalry divisions | Somme
ISFWWS-Keywords: India | Western Front | Military organisation of combat | Experience of combat | Soldiers and Combat | Published memoirs and biographies | Britain
Abstract: A 'fact' that is often quoted to support the status of the Indian soldier as exploited victim is that the Indian regiments arrived in Marseilles in late 1914 still dressed in tropical clothing and without warm winter kit. This chapter aims to…