Chandigarh, June 17

A new book, “With Honour and Glory: Five Great Artillery Battles”, that weaves a coherent narrative of the evolution of artillery and the lessons to be imbibed from the historic battles in which big guns played a decisive role has been authored by Maj Gen AJS ‘Abdo’ Sandhu (retd).

The book has been published under the aegis of the United Services Institute of India’s Centre for Military History and Conflict Studies. It was released by Lt Gen Raj Shukla, GOC-in-C, Army Training Command, who is the senior-most serving officer of the Indian Army’s Regiment of Artillery.

Spanning iconic artillery battles across four continents and 136 years, it includes the battles of Gettysburg (1863), Vimy Ridge (1917), Bir Hacheim (1942), Chhamb (1971) and Tololing/Tiger Hill (1999).

The project to write a book of such depth and span was conceived by the Directorate of Artillery, Army HQs, and handed over to the USI for execution. The first print of the book has been distributed by the Directorate of Artillery to the School of Artillery, Devlali, and all formations and regiments of the artillery, and the second print will soon be made available in the public domain. — TNS