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The late Sir Reginald Hennell has left the public an

interest- ing and at times inspiring record of his old regiment, the 2/5th Mahrattas, in A Famous Indian Regiment (John Murray.

l2s.). Before 1914 the Mahrattas were considered good peace- time soldiers, but, like the Garwahlis, their fine fighting quali-

ties and their "two-o'clock-in-the-morning courage " had not been sufficiently appreciated, for they have not the physique of the tall Afridis and the burly Sikhs. In the War, however, the Mahrattas covered themselves with renown, and this record of the famous "Kali Panchwin " fitly enshrines the memory of a great regiment.