A "glimpse" of Indian soldiers

 ENGLISHMEN in England seem to have been anxious to obtain a "glimpse" of Indian soldiers and this is what the Manchester Guardian writes of the Indians in its issue of the 27th October: "So far London has had little chance of getting a glimpse of the Indian soldiers. We have had to be content with newspaper photographs of Sikhs and Gurkhas and their terrible, twisty knives. This afternoon in Charing Cross station-a crowded stage of war tragedies since war began-a lonely Indian soldier appeared among the throng of refugees and idlers. Sightseers made a solemnly gazing ring round him. He was tall, and had a face like smoked ivory. He wore a khaki overcoat and a khakhi turban with a red badge in the side. He looked unutterably lost. An English soldier, perhaps thinking a comradely word would be in season, left the ring and tried to begin a talk with him, but didn't get very far, for the Indian knew no English.