On the anniversary of Battle of Asal Uttar, a look at how the Pakistan Army suffered heavy losses as India put up a strong defence despite adverse situations.
Soldiers of the Maratha Light Infantry, Sikh Regiment, Garhwal Regiment, Frontier Force Regiment, Skinner’s Horse, and divisional troops of Signals, Engineers, Army Medical Corps and many others took part in the war in Eritrea and Sudan.
Amid the current emphasis on giving up the colonial vestiges of the Army, it is worth revisiting the essentials of the report prepared by Gen Henry Rawlinson and how it laid the foundations of the present-day Indian Army.