Anglo Nepal War PDF Download

Contrary to commonly held perceptions the companys casualties were not high .Gurkhas were top class tacticians but very dumb at the operational level when their opponents launched a manoeuvre rather than frontally attacking them.Major General Ochterlony emerged as the master of manoeuvre warfare in this case.He once again proved that English East India Companys private armys officers were as good and even superior to British Army officers.Ochterlony having been born and educated in the USA and being half American from mothers side was not a biased racist like British and brilliantly decided to recruit Gurkhas in English East India Companys army. An audacious move that a self centered and more biased Emglishman may not have accepted.This is despite the fact that Gurkhas cold bloodedly murdered British prisoners in some cases.In the sum total the Company gained strategically.Its northern border became secure for eternity and it gained a valuable local ally that came to its help in 1857 and in all future British wars by virtue of Gurkha recruitment.The Company for the first time was engaged in mountain warfare and the war was a good primer for initiating Mountain Warfare training.One may state that this was was the first solid case where native troops saw British commanders at their worst and lowered British esteem in Indian eyes and may have contributed to 1857 rebellion . The Afghan war came much later and again was a British success as Afghans behaved like mice in 1857 when the English East India Companys position in India was at its lowest ebb.My interest in this war was connected with lack of good battle maps of this war and here in this humble volume I have attempted to fill this vast cartographic deficit in military history.This is a simple military account of Anglo Nepal war of 1814-16, a private war of a private English East India Company against Nepal.I have concentrated on the maps of this war which are almost non existent.The ethics of this was or the morality of it is not in the scope of this book.