1919 - THE THIRD AFGHAN WAR: AN INTRODUCTION by Paul Hinson In the preface to his book AFGHANISTAN 1919, Lieutenant General G. N. Molesworth, adjutant of the 2nd Battalion Somerset Light Infantry during the war, admits that in comparison to the fearful slaughter which took place in World War I ... this campaign was a sideshow... He then qualifies this statement saying 'in normal times from the ...