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1、MEN·AT·...RMSSERIESurkhaTextbyJ.B.R.NICHOLSOColorplatesbyMICHAELROFFEMEN-AT-ARMSSERIESEDITOR:MARTINWINDROWALBANBOOKSERVICESTheGurkhaRiflesTextbyJ.B.R.NICHOLSONColorplatesbyMICHAELROFFEHIPPOCRENEBOOKS,INC.©Copyright1974OspreyPublishingLtdAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthispub
2、licationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutthepriorinformationofthepublisher.Forinformationwriteto:HippocreneBooks,Inc.171MadisonAvenueNewYork,N.Y.10016Firstpublishe
3、dintheUnitedStates1974FirstpublishedinGreatBritainin1974byOspreyPublishingLtd,P.O.Box25,707OxfordRoad,Reading,BerkshireIamgratefultoallthosewhohavehelpedmecompilethisbriefandinadequateaccountofsomeoutstandingsoldiers.Itisnotpossibletomentionthemall-theyrangefromtheunkno
4、wnartistofourfirstillustrationtothemenwhocompiledregimentalhistories,fromthosewhotookorcarefullykeptoldphotographstothecompilersofdressregulations.AmongstthelivingIwouldliketothanktheNationalArmyMuseumfortheirpatientassistance,notablyMrW.Y.CarmanforhisbookIndianArmyUnif
5、orms;MessrsR.J.MarrionandD.S.V.Fostenwho,intheirspecialnumberofthemagazineTradition,blazedapath;MrA.Catonforinvaluableassistanceinferretingingeneral;MrJohnGayloroftheMilitaryHistoricalSociety,whobroughtusefulmaterialtomynotice,andofcoursethosewhohavepermittedtheuseofill
6、ustrativematerial.MygreatestdebtistotheofficersandmenofthoseGurkharegimentsalongsidewhomIhadthehonourtoserve,whosekindnessIrememberwithgratitudeandwhoseefficiencyandinvariablecheerfulnessIrecollectwithadmiration.PrintedinGreatBritainTheGurkhaRiflesIntroductionfromlangua
7、geswhicharepurelyphonetic.Spell•ingshavechangedovertheyears,asEnglishusagehaschanged-e.g.kukri,kukerie,khukri,Gurkha,Inpresent-daylanguagetheterm'Gurkha'isGoorkha,etc.Ihavetriedtobeconsistentlyappliedindiscriminatelyandinaccuratelytotheinconsistent,byfollowingthespellin
8、goftheperiodentirepopulationofNepal,althoughethnographi-inquestion.)callythenameshouldbeappliedonlytothemember
