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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. FIRST STUDY (JHELUM). Subject. AN invasion on a double line of operations across a River Frontier, and up to and including the first decisive battle. The work of the Cavalry Division. General Idea. (See Sketch /.) 1. The frontier between two countries, called respectively the Northern State and the Southern Empire, is represented by the river Chenab, the river Indus (for about 50 miles), the north-east border of Scinde, and the Baluchistan frontier. Kashmir and Jammu form an Independent Neutral State. 2. (a) A European Power has recently acquired control over, and has established garrisons in the Northern State, making Rawal Pindi its capital and their own immediate base. A railway connects Rawal Pindi with the ultimate base in Europe, but no other railways have as yet been built in the Northern State. (b] Lahore and Multan, connected by railway with each other and with the bases at Delhi and Karachi, are the frontier towns of the Southern Empire. 3. Hostilities have broken out between the European Power and the Southern Empire. The Asiatic inhabitants of the Northern State remain neutral. 4. The strategical deployment of the Southern Forces will take place as follows: (a) On the left, the Third Army Corps?about Multan. In the centre, the Second Army Corps?about Jhang. On the right, the First Army Corps?about Ramnagar. (b) A force, independent of the three Army Corps, consisting of the 10th Infantry Division, is at Wazirabad, which is fortified, and is held by its own garrison, and is the terminus of the Southern railway system. 5. The 1st Cavalry Division (3 Brigades) belongs to the Southern right wing, i.e. to the First Army Corps, whose concentration it will cover. 6. From information received from various sources, the d...