'Soldiers Three' is a short stories composition written by Rudyard
Kipling. It has three sections which were previously published in
separate sections. Learoyd, Mulvaney and Ortheris are the three
soldiers - an Irish man, a Yorkshire man and a Londoner. These stories
disclose soldiers life in Afghanistan and British policies rarely seen
earlier to maintain British influence. These soldiers convey the raw
fact of the war, in the mid-east as the British began to loosen their
imperial hold. The characters about whom the stories are concerned are
native Indians, rather than the British for writing about whom Kipling
may be better known. The stories are good for those readers who enjoy
history theater, short works of fiction and historical fiction. The play
on Gadsby is the main justifying element of this book. This story of
Gadsby is written in melodramatic form, comprising of eight short
scenes. This short narration of 100 pages, was later collected in book
form as the second part of Soldiers Three. Four of the stories are
explained by the Indians, and four by an English journalist.