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.

They Fight Like Devils

History

Kinsley, D.A.

Asia

Da Capo

<p>A stunning, fully illustrated biography captures George Armstrong discussing his boyhood heroics at Bull Run, his feats at the Battle of Gettysburg, battles in the Badlands of Montana, and his ignominious defeat at Little Big Horn.</p>

Custer: Favor the Bold : A Soldier's Story

World

Promontory

They Fight Like Devils: Stories from Lucknow During the Great Mutiny, 1857-1858

Military

Greenhill Books

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Kinsley, D.A.. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Kinsley, D.A.