Singapore mutiny (Oxford in Asia paperbacks)

In mid-February 1915, half of the Fifth Light Infantry of the British Indian Army stationed in Singapore suddenly rose up in an unexpected ... mutiny ... The event took place at the height of the First World War and because colonial defence forces had been withdrawn for more urgent service in Europe, the Fifth had become the only regular unit left in Singapore Island for its defence from possible German attack. The book describes in detail the events which took place and how a desperate administration had to rely on the assistance of the marines on board Russian, Japanese, and French warships mutineers. The book also reveals the findings of a court of inquiry into the mutiny whose findings lay secret for fifty years. What emerges is that the Singapore Mutiny was much more than just 'a local little disturbance' as it was officially passed of as at the time.