Kashmir: A Matter of Honor

It began after dawn with a thunderous artillery barrage that sent the villagers of Chhamb and Dewa in the southwestern tip of Kashmir scurrying for shelter. As the sun rose higher over the semidesert land—flat, dotted with brush, a low mountain range to the north—Indian troops peered anxiously toward the border. What they saw sent them in a hasty retreat to the mountains: over the arid earth came 70 U.S.built Patton tanks and, in the dust cloud behind the lumbering giants, a full brigade of Pakistani infantrymen.

No Contest. Dewa and Chhamb were swiftly captured by the armored column, which rolled...

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