STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE, THE

Originally published in 1898, this book is Churchill's account of General Sir Bindon Blood's expedition to the Indian Frontier to quell a revolt of the Pathan tribesmen. So anxious was Churchill to see action that when he learned there was no room in Blood's brigade for additional combatants, he covered the battle as a correspondent to the Allahabad Pioneer and The Daily Telegraph. Churchill found the expedition into the Mamund Valley fierce, describing it as "a war without quarter."