This collection reads much like a current blog. The style, the pathos, the humour, and the evils of an Army of Conquest & Occupation is well laid out here. The former soldiers will enjoy it very much. A stinging satire of Colonial English Policy, & the English Army, as well. Contents With the main guard - The drums of the fore and aft - The man who was - The courting of Dinah Shadd - The incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney - The taking of Lungtungpen - The madness of Private Ortheris.