The Gurkha Way A New History of the Gurkhas by John Sadler

Author:John Sadler
Format: epub

Gurkhas had tasted the bitter dregs of defeat but, as ever, the Nepalese hill-men were fast learners. They would learn how to out-fox and out-fight even the Japanese in the deadly, sapping business of jungle patrols. British officers began to note the effectiveness of Gurkhas, soldiers the Japanese must learn to fear, as one recorded:

These patrols came back to their regiments with stories of success … as did the Gurkhas who presented themselves before their general, proudly opened a large basket, lifted from it three very gory Japanese heads, and laid them on his table. They then politely offered him for his dinner the freshly caught fish which filled the rest of the basket. The buzz went round each unit … ‘We rushed them as they were cooking, Havildar Bhupsingh bayoneted three. Rifleman Gingerbir crept up “luki-luki” behind him with his kukri. The Yellow-belly’s head bounced three times before it stopped rolling.’²⁵

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