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In this thread, we heard how Churchill regretted his description of Cuban insurgents. With the 4th Hussars, Churchill based himself in Bangalore, staying in India for 19 months. Let's find out more about Churchill's next imperial adventure... 
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At Harrow, Churchill was under the influence of Harrow School's imperialist headmaster. Nonetheless, his views were clear: ‘East of Suez Democratic reins are impossible’, he wrote to his mother in 1896. ‘India must be governed on old principles' [CHAR 28/23/31]
Churchill volunteered to join the Malakand Field Force in its campaign against Mohmand rebels in the Swat Valley of North-West India. Churchill was assigned as a journalist - writing reports for the @Telegraph. Churchill described the campaign as a 'moving spectacle' [CHAR 8/2]
![Churchill volunteered to join the Malakand Field Force in its campaign against Mohmand rebels in the Swat Valley of North-West India. Churchill was assigned as a journalist - writing reports for the @Telegraph. Churchill described the campaign as a 'moving spectacle' [CHAR 8/2]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EaizTtRXsAA9Ep6.png "Churchill volunteered to join the Malakand Field Force in its campaign against Mohmand rebels in the Swat Valley of North-West India. Churchill was assigned as a journalist - writing reports for the @Telegraph. Churchill described the campaign as a 'moving spectacle' [CHAR 8/2]")
Churchill, appalled by the violence of British-led forces, knew that he needed to censor his reports. He told his Grandmother of the effects of 'dum-dum' bullets:
‘The picture is a terrible one, and naturally it has a side to which one does not allude in print.’ [CV I Part 2]
‘The picture is a terrible one, and naturally it has a side to which one does not allude in print.’ [CV I Part 2]
Churchill would later publish 'The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898)', it is dedicated to General Bindon Blood - 'under whose command the operations therein recorded were carried out' 
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WikiCommons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bindon_Blood.png
Chapter 17: Churchill self-censored: 'prestige of the dominant race enable them to k̵e̵e̵p̵ ̵u̵p̵ ̵a̵p̵p̵e̵a̵r̵a̵n̵c̵e̵s̵s maintain their superiority over the native troops' and of Indian troops: 'habituated to the natural conditions...evident how many advantages they enjoy.'
Muslim Pathan attempts to seize the Malakand Pass was seen as a challenge to British rule, Churchill wrote to Jack (1897)
“The frontier is a scene of great trouble and excitement. Practically all the fierce wild warlike tribes of Afghan stock...are in revolt.” [CHAR 28/23/51]
“The frontier is a scene of great trouble and excitement. Practically all the fierce wild warlike tribes of Afghan stock...are in revolt.” [CHAR 28/23/51]
