The Lushai Expedition 1871-1872.

£400 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Unusually nice copy of this account of the punitive expedition conducted against the Lushais. Woodthorpe had joined the RE in 1865, proceeding to India in 1869. He was serving with the Survey Department when the expedition was staged. Woodthorpe subsequently served on the Kurram and Kabul Field Forces, Second Afghan War, and in the Third Burma War.

• Year: 1873

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