GURKHAS AT GALLIPOLI – PART THREE On the 14 May Hamilton’s pleas were answered in part when he was informed that the two Punjabi battalions would be withdrawn to be replaced by the First Battalion the 5th Gurkha Rifles and the Second Battalion the 10th Gurkha Rifles, both from Egypt. However, as the Punjabis would be withdrawn on 15 May and the two Gurkha battalions would not arrive until 2 June, the brigade had two British battalions temporarily attached
GURKHAS AT GALLIPOLI - PART THREE
GURKHAS AT GALLIPOLI - PART THREE
GURKHAS AT GALLIPOLI - PART THREE
GURKHAS AT GALLIPOLI – PART THREE On the 14 May Hamilton’s pleas were answered in part when he was informed that the two Punjabi battalions would be withdrawn to be replaced by the First Battalion the 5th Gurkha Rifles and the Second Battalion the 10th Gurkha Rifles, both from Egypt. However, as the Punjabis would be withdrawn on 15 May and the two Gurkha battalions would not arrive until 2 June, the brigade had two British battalions temporarily attached