The Battle of Saragarhi was fought before the Tirah Campaign on 12 September 1897 between Sikh soldiers of the British Indian Army and Pashtun Orakzai tribesmen. It occurred in the North-West Frontier Province. The Battalion suffered over 600 casualties within three hours at Hai during World War I and was overrun by Rommel’s Panzer division in the burning sands of EI Alamien during World War II. This is not only the story of the Battalion of the Sikh Regiment but in a way that of soldiering in the Indian Army. Written on the eve of the centenary of the Battalion, it makes compelling reading.