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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