Troubled Frontiers
Well before the mutiny British India had experienced great difficulty in maintaining control of its North Western and North Eastern boundaries. In the North West the hardy and rebellious Pathan tribesmen were disinclined to admit of British control and behaved accordingly. Isolated British garrisons were continually being attacked whilst relieving columns were harried incessantly by Pathan marksmen whose natural shooting and fieldcraft skills made them formidable foes. This continual fighting was further complicated by the presence of the vital buffer state of Afghanistan further to the West.
Well before the mutiny British India had experienced great difficulty in maintaining control of its North Western and North Eastern boundaries. In the North West the hardy and rebellious Pathan tribesmen were disinclined to admit of British control and behaved accordingly. Isolated British garrisons were continually being attacked whilst relieving columns were harried incessantly by Pathan marksmen whose natural shooting and fieldcraft skills made them formidable foes. This continual fighting was further complicated by the presence of the vital buffer state of Afghanistan further to the West.
Troubled Frontiers
Well before the mutiny British India had experienced great difficulty in maintaining control of its North Western and North Eastern boundaries. In the North West the hardy and rebellious Pathan tribesmen were disinclined to admit of British control and behaved accordingly. Isolated British garrisons were continually being attacked whilst relieving columns were harried incessantly by Pathan marksmen whose natural shooting and fieldcraft skills made them formidable foes. This continual fighting was further complicated by the presence of the vital buffer state of Afghanistan further to the West.
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