They Fight Like Devils - Softcover

Kinsley, D.a.; Kinsley, D. A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306812177 ISBN 13: 9780306812170

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2002

Synopsis

Vastly outnumbered, British soldiers and civilians were threatened with extermination in their most valued colonial possession. As the vaunted Victorian army began a counteroffensive, the key to final victory lay at Lucknow, where 3,000 British men, women and children were besieged by 30,000 Indian mutineers. For nine months fierce battles raged at Lucknow as British relief columns tried to fight their way through the city, often grappling with swords, bayonets and the butts of their rifles. On both sides, feats of heroism took place by the score until the largest British army ever assembled in India finally resolved the campaign.In They Fight Like Devils-a phrase that applies to both sides in the war-we see the military course and human consequences of close-quarters combat waged with bestial ferocity.

About this title

From the Publisher

D.A. Kinsley has written highly regarded biographies of Captain Richard Burton and General Lord Clive. His two-volume biography of George Custer, Favor the Bold, earned a Certificate of Merit from Cambridge University for "outstanding contributions to American and British history and literature." He currently lives in Florida.

About the Author

D. A. Kinsley has written highly regarded biographies of Captain Richard Burton and General Lord Clive, as well as the award-winning two-volume biography of George Custer, Favor the Bold. He lives in Florida.

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0306812177
• ISBN 13: 9780306812170
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240