HC Deb 01 June 1921 vol 142 c1068W
Sir C. YATE

asked the Secretary of State for India what was the total number of troops employed on the North-West Frontier of India in repelling the Afghan attack and the tribal risings during 1919?

Mr. MONTAGU

Sir Charles Monro's Despatch, published in the "London Gazette" of 15th March, 1920, mentions that 340,000 men were at one time employed west of the Indus.