Flight By Elephant: The Untold Story of World War II’s Most Daring Jungle Rescue

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Andrew Martin. Flight By Elephant: The Untold Story of World War II’s Most Daring Jungle Rescue

FLIGHT BY ELEPHANT. The Untold Story of World War II’s Most Daring Jungle Rescue

ANDREW MARTIN

PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS

AUTHOR’S NOTE

INTRODUCTION

Millar and Leyden: The Men Without Elephants

The Languorous Dream

The Dapha River

The Red-Hot Buddhas

The Man in the River

Beyond Mandalay

The Railway Party

The ‘Chaukan Club’ Sets Off

The Footprint

The Man With Elephants

The Boy Who Took Acidalia trigeminata

Sir John Meets the Commandos

The Wizard’s Domain

A Bad Start for Mackrell

War And Tea (Part One)

War And Tea (Part Two)

Captain Wilson Sets Out

Elephant Trouble for Mackrell

Mackrell Reaches the Dapha River and His Work Begins

Sir John Encounters His Principal Enemy: The Tilung Hka River

The Man in Sunglasses: Captain Fraser Falls into the Tilung Hka, and Brings News of the Commandos

Mackrell Consolidates at the Dapha River

Captain Wilson Arrives at the Dapha, and a Gurkha Sergeant is Dispatched to Look for Sir John

Havildar Iman Sing

The Commandos Despair of Reaching the Dapha, but then a Star Appears

Grand Tiffins and the Squits: The Commandos Recuperate at the Dapha, but Mackrell Falls Sick

The Drop: Linkage is Established, By Land and Air, Between Mackrell at the Dapha and Sir John at the Tilung Hka

Momentous Decisions: Mackrell Leaves the Dapha Camp Just as Sir John Decides to Strike Out for It

Mackrell Returns Temporarily to Civilization, While Sir John Attempts to do the Same on a Permanent Basis

Mackrell in Shillong and Calcutta (Where He Can’t Find Marmite but Settles for Horlicks)

The Society of Tough Guys: On His Way Back to Dapha, Mackrell Finally Meets Sir John, and Tragedy Strikes Twice

A Face Like Wood: Dharramsing Decides

A Delivery of Mail

A Long Wait

Subsequently (Part One)

Subsequently (Part Two)

Late Period Mackrell

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

About the Author

From the reviews of Flight by Elephant

Also by Andrew Martin

Copyright

About the Publisher

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Title Page

Maps

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Sir John Encounters His Principal Enemy

The Man in Sunglasses

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