YOUNGHUSBAND (Lieut. G.J.)
Eighteen hundred miles on a Burmese Tat through Burma, Siam, and the Eastern Shan States.
YOUNGHUSBAND (Lieut. G.J.)
Eighteen hundred miles on a Burmese Tat through Burma, Siam, and the Eastern Shan States.
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Younghusband, a self-styled “ordinary British subaltern”, along with servant and interpreter began their jouney at Maulmein proceeded north to Kiang Tung then headed south reaching the Me Nam river at Muang-sa and then following the river south to Bangkok. Ostensibly a sporting and exploration venture, there was nevertheless an intelligence gathering element to his journey, on his return he prepared a secret report on the Shan States. It is an entertaining read, by an engaging and able young officer who, as did his brother Francis, rose to the rank of Maj-General and a knighthood.
