The troops embarked on an intensive training programme within a few days of their arrival in Malaya. Apart from the normal routine of individual weapon instruction in camp. the men are being sent out on exercises to accustom them to the type of country over which they must now operate. In particular, many are learning the art of jungle warfare, which requires quite different tactics from those to which the troops were accustomed to in India.
These reinforcements will play a vital part in the defence of a country which lies on the eastern frontier of Greater India, of which Singapore ani the Malay peninsula are geographically and historically an integral part.
They realize that their presence in Malaya means that the Indian Army is now helping in increased measure to guard a country which is not merely vital to Empire defence in the Pacific region, but which also lies athwart the path of any would-be invader of India,
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