The Indian soldier in a foreign field

Indian soldiers digging a trench, which is then reinforced with sandbags and protected by barbed wire at the front in Fauquissart, France. | Pic Courtesy: Crown Copyright/British Library

Indian cavalry horse hospital in a French factory in 1915. | Pic Courtesy: Crown Copyright/British Library

A group of soldiers, British Highlander and Indian Dogras, sitting in a trench in an undisclosed location. | Pic Courtesy: Crown Copyright/British Library

A group of soldiers at a signal station for the Dehra Dun Brigade. The two men in the centre of the picture are on field telephones, taking messages. | Pic Courtesy: Crown Copyright/British Library

Indian infantry in the trenches, prepared against a gas attack in Fauquissart, France. ; Pic Courtesy: Crown Copyright/British Library