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Tibet Expedition

2011-12-26T16:16:02Z

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{{War|name=Tibet Expedition |dates=Dec 1903 – Sept 1904 |image=Tibet-flag-free.jpg |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet Tibet] |combatant1=British Field Force |combatant2= Tibetan Armed Forces|result=[http://tibetjustice.org/materials/treaties/treaties10.html Anglo-Tibetan Agreement of 1904] |medal=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet_Medal Tibet Medal]| category=[[:Category:Tibet Expedition|Tibet Expedition]] |link1= }}
{{Battlemap|war=Tibet Expedition 1903-04|link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=101241150585833319689.000478a21a9b85b1eee21&ll=28.468691,89.868164&spn=3.515063,5.020752&t=p&z=8 }}
The '''Expedition to Tibet''' in 1903-04, also known as the '''Anglo-Tibet War'''.

== Summary ==
At the beginning of the 20th century Britain and Russia were competing for influence in Central Asia. To counter the perceived threat, the British sent an expedition under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Younghusband Francis Younghusband] to negotiate with the Tibetans. The first excursion with Claude White, the Political Officer for Sikkim, to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khamber_Jong Khamba Jong] was rebuffed and a field force was dispatched through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelep_La Jelep Pass]. The Tibetans were defeated at two major battles and the expedition reached Lhasa in August 1904. The Dalai Lama had fled but Younghusband forced a one-sided treaty on the regent which gave Britain trading rights in Tibet. This was later repudiated by the Tibetans.

== Field Forces ==
'''First Excursion''' 
''British Commissioner to Tibet: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Younghusband Major Francis Younghusband]'' 
''Political Officer for Sikkim: [[Photographer#Books|J Claude White]]''
*200 [[32nd Punjab Pioneers|32nd Pioneers]]
*300 followers 
'''Tibet Mission''' 
''British Commissioner to Tibet: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Younghusband Major Francis Younghusband]'' 
''Escort Commander: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101034705/ Brig-Gen James Macdonald CB]''
*Six Coys [[44th Gurkha Rifles|8th Gurkhas]] ''Lt-Col Kerr''
*Eight Coys [[23rd Punjab Pioneers|23rd Pioneers]] ''Lt-Col Hogge''
*Half Coy 2nd Sappers ''Maj Haycock''
*Maxim gun detachment of [[9th Regiment of Foot|Norfolk Regiment]] ''Lt Hadow''
*Two 7-pounder guns of 8th Gurkhas ''Capt Leeke''
*Two 10 pounder guns of No 7 Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery ''Maj Fuller''
*Field Hospital
*Engineer Field Park
*Ammunition Column
*Telegraph, postal and survey detachments 
'''Later Reinforcements''' 
*One Wing [[7th Regiment of Foot|Royal Fusiliers]] ''Col Cooper DSO''
*[[40th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|40th Pathans]] ''Lt-Col Campbell DSO''
*[[7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|19th Punjabis]] ''Maj Herbert''
*Three Coys Mounted Infantry ''Capts Otterley & Peterson, Maj Rowlandson''
*Maxim gun detachment of [[83rd Regiment of Foot|Royal Irish Rifles]] ''Lt Bowen Colthurst''
*Two 7-pounder RML guns of No 30 Mountain Battery ''Lt Marindin''
*Two 10-pounder RML guns of No 27 Mountain Battery ''Lt Field''
'''Followers'''
*10,000 transport drivers
*8,000 supply and transport coolies
*10,500 mules and ponies
*400 donkeys
*9,225 bullocks and yaks

== Chronology ==
'''First Excursion'''
{|
|-
| 19 June 1903
| Mission left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling Darjeeling]
|-
| 21 June
| Reached [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangtok Gangtok]
|-
| 26 June
| Arrived at Tangu
|-
| 4 July
| Claude White (Sikkim Political Officer) left Tangu
|-
| 5 July
| Mr White reached Diagong
|-
| 7 July
| Mr White reached [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khamber_Jong Khamba Dzong]
|-
| 18 July
| Younghusband reached Khamba Dzong
|-
| 11 October
| Younghusband left Khamba Dzong for Simla
|}
'''Mission to Lhasa'''
{|
|-
| 5 December 1903
| Mission left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling Darjeeling]
|-
| 12 December
| Crossed the border at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelep_La Jelep Jelep La] 4267m
|-
| 14 December
| Arrived at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yadong_County Yadong]
|-
| 20 December
| Reached [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagri Pagri]
|-
| 7 January 1904
| Crossed the Tang La 4,521 m
|-
| 8 January
| Made camp at Tuna
|-
| 31 March
| [[Battle of Guru|Battle at Guru]]
|-
| 9 April
| [[Action at Tsamdang Gorge]]
|-
| 11 April
| Reached Gyantse
|-
| 5 May
| Tibetan attack at Gyantse
|-
| 7 May
| [[Battle of Karo La]]
|-
| 26 May
| [[Battle of Palla]]
|-
| 6 June
| [[Action at Kangma]]
|-
| 6 July
| [[Battle of Gyantse Dzong|Gyantse Dzong]] stormed
|-
| 14 July
| Mission left Gyantse for Lhasa
|-
| 19 July
| Reached Nagartse
|-
| 24 July
| Crossed the Kampa La 4,794 m
|-
| 31 July
| Crossed the Bramaputra at Chaksam Ferry
|-
| 4 August
| Reached Lhasa
|}

==External links==

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_expedition_to_Tibet British Expedition to Tibet] Wikipedia
*[http://tibettalk.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/the-younghusband-expedition/ The Younghusband Expedition] tibettalk.wordpress.com
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Younghusband Francis Younghusband] Wikipedia
*[http://intotibet1903-04.blogspot.com/2008/12/2nd-rajput-mess-alipore-calcutta.html 50 Letters from Capt Mainprise] blogspot.com
*Book review of ''Duel In the Snows: The True Story of the Younghusband Mission to Lhasa'' by Charles Allen (2004) [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/duel-in-the-snows-by-charles-allen-570209.html ''The Independent''].
*[http://www.tracesofevil.com/2004/12/gyantse-1904-british-liberation-of.html Scenes from the film Gyantse 1904: The British Liberation of Tibet]
==== Historical books on-line ====

*[http://books.google.com/books?id=y39xtFqUn5sC&pg=PA364#v=onepage&q=&f=false List of Officers on the Lhasa Mission] Google Books
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1beWTgMf4VUC&pg=PA506&lpg=PR506&dq=Chumbi&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Chumbi&f=false Chronology of the Expedition] Google Books
* [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023235108 ''India and Tibet. A History of the Relations which have Subsisted between the Two Countries from the Time of Warren Hastings to 1910; with a Particular Account of the Mission to Lhasa of 1904''] by Sir Francis Younghusband KCIE. Published by John Murray 1910. Archive.org. Another copy of this title is at [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=P7pdbiFCW80C&pg=PP1&dq=India+and+Tibet+Younghusband&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false India & Tibet by Francis Younghusband] Google Books (Limited View)
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024155206 ''Sikhim And Bhutan, Twenty-one Years On The North-east Frontier 1887-1908''] by [[Photographer#Books|J Claude White]]. Archive.org 1909 edition.
*''Lhasa: An Account of the Country and People of Central Tibet and of the Progress of the Mission sent there by the English Government in the year 1903-04'' by Perceval Landon 1905 Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/lhasaaccountofco01land#page/n9/mode/2up Volume 1], [http://www.archive.org/stream/lhasaaccountofco02land#page/n9/mode/2up Volume 2]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedservicema00pollgoog#page/n713/mode/1up "Across the North East Frontier"] by Colonel HC Wylly , page 642 ''The United Service Magazine Volume 29 New Series April 1904 to September 1904'' Archive.org
*[http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/index.php?id=390 "Reminiscences of Tibet"]. Online report by Frederick Campbell who accompanied the Younghusband Expedition to Lhasa, Tibet, 1904. King’s College London Collections:The Serving Soldier
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/greatplateaubein00rawl#page/n207/mode/2up "The Gartok Expedition 1904-1905"], page 159 ''The Great Plateau being an account of exploration in Central Tibet, 1903, and of the Gartok expedition, 1904-1905''] by Captain C. G. Rawling 1905 Archive.org The terms of the Treaty provided that a trade mart be opened at Gartok and the expedition took place to survey the area and select a suitable location.

[[Category:Minor Campaigns|Tibet Expedition]]
[[Category:Tibet Expedition| Tibet Expedition]]
[[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Tibet Expedition]]

Tibet Expedition

2011-12-25T17:06:31Z

Lairdkeir: /* External links */

{{War|name=Tibet Expedition |dates=Dec 1903 – Sept 1904 |image=Tibet-flag-free.jpg |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet Tibet] |combatant1=British Field Force |combatant2= Tibetan Armed Forces|result=[http://tibetjustice.org/materials/treaties/treaties10.html Anglo-Tibetan Agreement of 1904] |medal=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet_Medal Tibet Medal]| category=[[:Category:Tibet Expedition|Tibet Expedition]] |link1= }}
{{Battlemap|war=Tibet Expedition 1903-04|link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=101241150585833319689.000478a21a9b85b1eee21&ll=28.468691,89.868164&spn=3.515063,5.020752&t=p&z=8 }}
The '''Expedition to Tibet''' in 1903-04, also known as the '''Anglo-Tibet War'''.

== Summary ==
At the beginning of the 20th century Britain and Russia were competing for influence in Central Asia. To counter the perceived threat, the British sent an expedition under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Younghusband Francis Younghusband] to negotiate with the Tibetans. The first excursion with Claude White, the Political Officer for Sikkim, to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khamber_Jong Khamba Jong] was rebuffed and a field force was dispatched through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelep_La Jelep Pass]. The Tibetans were defeated at two major battles and the expedition reached Lhasa in August 1904. The Dalai Lama had fled but Younghusband forced a one-sided treaty on the regent which gave Britain trading rights in Tibet. This was later repudiated by the Tibetans.

== Field Forces ==
'''First Excursion''' 
''British Commissioner to Tibet: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Younghusband Major Francis Younghusband]'' 
''Political Officer for Sikkim: [[Photographer#Books|J Claude White]]''
*200 [[32nd Punjab Pioneers|32nd Pioneers]]
*300 followers 
'''Tibet Mission''' 
''British Commissioner to Tibet: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Younghusband Major Francis Younghusband]'' 
''Escort Commander: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101034705/ Brig-Gen James Macdonald CB]''
*Six Coys [[44th Gurkha Rifles|8th Gurkhas]] ''Lt-Col Kerr''
*Eight Coys [[23rd Punjab Pioneers|23rd Pioneers]] ''Lt-Col Hogge''
*Half Coy 2nd Sappers ''Maj Haycock''
*Maxim gun detachment of [[9th Regiment of Foot|Norfolk Regiment]] ''Lt Hadow''
*Two 7-pounder guns of 8th Gurkhas ''Capt Leeke''
*Two 10 pounder guns of No 7 Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery ''Maj Fuller''
*Field Hospital
*Engineer Field Park
*Ammunition Column
*Telegraph, postal and survey detachments 
'''Later Reinforcements''' 
*One Wing [[7th Regiment of Foot|Royal Fusiliers]] ''Col Cooper DSO''
*[[40th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|40th Pathans]] ''Lt-Col Campbell DSO''
*[[7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|19th Punjabis]] ''Maj Herbert''
*Three Coys Mounted Infantry ''Capts Otterley & Peterson, Maj Rowlandson''
*Maxim gun detachment of [[83rd Regiment of Foot|Royal Irish Rifles]] ''Lt Bowen Colthurst''
*Two 7-pounder RML guns of No 30 Mountain Battery ''Lt Marindin''
*Two 10-pounder RML guns of No 27 Mountain Battery ''Lt Field''
'''Followers'''
*10,000 transport drivers
*8,000 supply and transport coolies
*10,500 mules and ponies
*400 donkeys
*9,225 bullocks and yaks

== Chronology ==
'''First Excursion'''
{|
|-
| 19 June 1903
| Mission left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling Darjeeling]
|-
| 21 June
| Reached [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangtok Gangtok]
|-
| 26 June
| Arrived at Tangu
|-
| 4 July
| Claude White (Sikkim Political Officer) left Tangu
|-
| 5 July
| Mr White reached Diagong
|-
| 7 July
| Mr White reached [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khamber_Jong Khamba Dzong]
|-
| 18 July
| Younghusband reached Khamba Dzong
|-
| 11 October
| Younghusband left Khamba Dzong for Simla
|}
'''Mission to Lhasa'''
{|
|-
| 5 December 1903
| Mission left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling Darjeeling]
|-
| 12 December
| Crossed the border at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelep_La Jelep Jelep La] 4267m
|-
| 14 December
| Arrived at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yadong_County Yadong]
|-
| 20 December
| Reached [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagri Pagri]
|-
| 7 January 1904
| Crossed the Tang La 4,521 m
|-
| 8 January
| Made camp at Tuna
|-
| 31 March
| [[Battle of Guru|Battle at Guru]]
|-
| 9 April
| [[Action at Tsamdang Gorge]]
|-
| 11 April
| Reached Gyantse
|-
| 5 May
| Tibetan attack at Gyantse
|-
| 7 May
| [[Battle of Karo La]]
|-
| 26 May
| [[Battle of Palla]]
|-
| 6 June
| [[Action at Kangma]]
|-
| 6 July
| [[Battle of Gyantse Dzong|Gyantse Dzong]] stormed
|-
| 14 July
| Mission left Gyantse for Lhasa
|-
| 19 July
| Reached Nagartse
|-
| 24 July
| Crossed the Kampa La 4,794 m
|-
| 31 July
| Crossed the Bramaputra at Chaksam Ferry
|-
| 4 August
| Reached Lhasa
|}

==External links==

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_expedition_to_Tibet British Expedition to Tibet] Wikipedia
*[http://tibettalk.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/the-younghusband-expedition/ The Younghusband Expedition] tibettalk.wordpress.com
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Younghusband Francis Younghusband] Wikipedia
*[http://intotibet1903-04.blogspot.com/2008/12/2nd-rajput-mess-alipore-calcutta.html 50 Letters from Capt Mainprise] blogspot.com
*Book review of ''Duel In the Snows: The True Story of the Younghusband Mission to Lhasa'' by Charles Allen (2004) [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/duel-in-the-snows-by-charles-allen-570209.html ''The Independent''].
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6xuZkXwR1M Trailer for Gyantse 1904: The British Liberation of Tibet] Youtube
==== Historical books on-line ====

*[http://books.google.com/books?id=y39xtFqUn5sC&pg=PA364#v=onepage&q=&f=false List of Officers on the Lhasa Mission] Google Books
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1beWTgMf4VUC&pg=PA506&lpg=PR506&dq=Chumbi&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Chumbi&f=false Chronology of the Expedition] Google Books
* [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023235108 ''India and Tibet. A History of the Relations which have Subsisted between the Two Countries from the Time of Warren Hastings to 1910; with a Particular Account of the Mission to Lhasa of 1904''] by Sir Francis Younghusband KCIE. Published by John Murray 1910. Archive.org. Another copy of this title is at [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=P7pdbiFCW80C&pg=PP1&dq=India+and+Tibet+Younghusband&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false India & Tibet by Francis Younghusband] Google Books (Limited View)
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024155206 ''Sikhim And Bhutan, Twenty-one Years On The North-east Frontier 1887-1908''] by [[Photographer#Books|J Claude White]]. Archive.org 1909 edition.
*''Lhasa: An Account of the Country and People of Central Tibet and of the Progress of the Mission sent there by the English Government in the year 1903-04'' by Perceval Landon 1905 Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/lhasaaccountofco01land#page/n9/mode/2up Volume 1], [http://www.archive.org/stream/lhasaaccountofco02land#page/n9/mode/2up Volume 2]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedservicema00pollgoog#page/n713/mode/1up "Across the North East Frontier"] by Colonel HC Wylly , page 642 ''The United Service Magazine Volume 29 New Series April 1904 to September 1904'' Archive.org
*[http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/index.php?id=390 "Reminiscences of Tibet"]. Online report by Frederick Campbell who accompanied the Younghusband Expedition to Lhasa, Tibet, 1904. King’s College London Collections:The Serving Soldier
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/greatplateaubein00rawl#page/n207/mode/2up "The Gartok Expedition 1904-1905"], page 159 ''The Great Plateau being an account of exploration in Central Tibet, 1903, and of the Gartok expedition, 1904-1905''] by Captain C. G. Rawling 1905 Archive.org The terms of the Treaty provided that a trade mart be opened at Gartok and the expedition took place to survey the area and select a suitable location.

[[Category:Minor Campaigns|Tibet Expedition]]
[[Category:Tibet Expedition| Tibet Expedition]]
[[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Tibet Expedition]]

Tibet Expedition

2011-12-25T17:05:31Z

Lairdkeir: /* External links */

{{War|name=Tibet Expedition |dates=Dec 1903 – Sept 1904 |image=Tibet-flag-free.jpg |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet Tibet] |combatant1=British Field Force |combatant2= Tibetan Armed Forces|result=[http://tibetjustice.org/materials/treaties/treaties10.html Anglo-Tibetan Agreement of 1904] |medal=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet_Medal Tibet Medal]| category=[[:Category:Tibet Expedition|Tibet Expedition]] |link1= }}
{{Battlemap|war=Tibet Expedition 1903-04|link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=101241150585833319689.000478a21a9b85b1eee21&ll=28.468691,89.868164&spn=3.515063,5.020752&t=p&z=8 }}
The '''Expedition to Tibet''' in 1903-04, also known as the '''Anglo-Tibet War'''.

== Summary ==
At the beginning of the 20th century Britain and Russia were competing for influence in Central Asia. To counter the perceived threat, the British sent an expedition under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Younghusband Francis Younghusband] to negotiate with the Tibetans. The first excursion with Claude White, the Political Officer for Sikkim, to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khamber_Jong Khamba Jong] was rebuffed and a field force was dispatched through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelep_La Jelep Pass]. The Tibetans were defeated at two major battles and the expedition reached Lhasa in August 1904. The Dalai Lama had fled but Younghusband forced a one-sided treaty on the regent which gave Britain trading rights in Tibet. This was later repudiated by the Tibetans.

== Field Forces ==
'''First Excursion''' 
''British Commissioner to Tibet: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Younghusband Major Francis Younghusband]'' 
''Political Officer for Sikkim: [[Photographer#Books|J Claude White]]''
*200 [[32nd Punjab Pioneers|32nd Pioneers]]
*300 followers 
'''Tibet Mission''' 
''British Commissioner to Tibet: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Younghusband Major Francis Younghusband]'' 
''Escort Commander: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101034705/ Brig-Gen James Macdonald CB]''
*Six Coys [[44th Gurkha Rifles|8th Gurkhas]] ''Lt-Col Kerr''
*Eight Coys [[23rd Punjab Pioneers|23rd Pioneers]] ''Lt-Col Hogge''
*Half Coy 2nd Sappers ''Maj Haycock''
*Maxim gun detachment of [[9th Regiment of Foot|Norfolk Regiment]] ''Lt Hadow''
*Two 7-pounder guns of 8th Gurkhas ''Capt Leeke''
*Two 10 pounder guns of No 7 Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery ''Maj Fuller''
*Field Hospital
*Engineer Field Park
*Ammunition Column
*Telegraph, postal and survey detachments 
'''Later Reinforcements''' 
*One Wing [[7th Regiment of Foot|Royal Fusiliers]] ''Col Cooper DSO''
*[[40th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|40th Pathans]] ''Lt-Col Campbell DSO''
*[[7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|19th Punjabis]] ''Maj Herbert''
*Three Coys Mounted Infantry ''Capts Otterley & Peterson, Maj Rowlandson''
*Maxim gun detachment of [[83rd Regiment of Foot|Royal Irish Rifles]] ''Lt Bowen Colthurst''
*Two 7-pounder RML guns of No 30 Mountain Battery ''Lt Marindin''
*Two 10-pounder RML guns of No 27 Mountain Battery ''Lt Field''
'''Followers'''
*10,000 transport drivers
*8,000 supply and transport coolies
*10,500 mules and ponies
*400 donkeys
*9,225 bullocks and yaks

== Chronology ==
'''First Excursion'''
{|
|-
| 19 June 1903
| Mission left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling Darjeeling]
|-
| 21 June
| Reached [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangtok Gangtok]
|-
| 26 June
| Arrived at Tangu
|-
| 4 July
| Claude White (Sikkim Political Officer) left Tangu
|-
| 5 July
| Mr White reached Diagong
|-
| 7 July
| Mr White reached [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khamber_Jong Khamba Dzong]
|-
| 18 July
| Younghusband reached Khamba Dzong
|-
| 11 October
| Younghusband left Khamba Dzong for Simla
|}
'''Mission to Lhasa'''
{|
|-
| 5 December 1903
| Mission left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling Darjeeling]
|-
| 12 December
| Crossed the border at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelep_La Jelep Jelep La] 4267m
|-
| 14 December
| Arrived at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yadong_County Yadong]
|-
| 20 December
| Reached [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagri Pagri]
|-
| 7 January 1904
| Crossed the Tang La 4,521 m
|-
| 8 January
| Made camp at Tuna
|-
| 31 March
| [[Battle of Guru|Battle at Guru]]
|-
| 9 April
| [[Action at Tsamdang Gorge]]
|-
| 11 April
| Reached Gyantse
|-
| 5 May
| Tibetan attack at Gyantse
|-
| 7 May
| [[Battle of Karo La]]
|-
| 26 May
| [[Battle of Palla]]
|-
| 6 June
| [[Action at Kangma]]
|-
| 6 July
| [[Battle of Gyantse Dzong|Gyantse Dzong]] stormed
|-
| 14 July
| Mission left Gyantse for Lhasa
|-
| 19 July
| Reached Nagartse
|-
| 24 July
| Crossed the Kampa La 4,794 m
|-
| 31 July
| Crossed the Bramaputra at Chaksam Ferry
|-
| 4 August
| Reached Lhasa
|}

==External links==

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_expedition_to_Tibet British Expedition to Tibet] Wikipedia
*[http://tibettalk.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/the-younghusband-expedition/ The Younghusband Expedition] tibettalk.wordpress.com
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Younghusband Francis Younghusband] Wikipedia
*[http://intotibet1903-04.blogspot.com/2008/12/2nd-rajput-mess-alipore-calcutta.html 50 Letters from Capt Mainprise] blogspot.com
*Book review of ''Duel In the Snows: The True Story of the Younghusband Mission to Lhasa'' by Charles Allen (2004) [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/duel-in-the-snows-by-charles-allen-570209.html ''The Independent''].
==== Historical books on-line ====

*[http://books.google.com/books?id=y39xtFqUn5sC&pg=PA364#v=onepage&q=&f=false List of Officers on the Lhasa Mission] Google Books
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1beWTgMf4VUC&pg=PA506&lpg=PR506&dq=Chumbi&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Chumbi&f=false Chronology of the Expedition] Google Books
* [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023235108 ''India and Tibet. A History of the Relations which have Subsisted between the Two Countries from the Time of Warren Hastings to 1910; with a Particular Account of the Mission to Lhasa of 1904''] by Sir Francis Younghusband KCIE. Published by John Murray 1910. Archive.org. Another copy of this title is at [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=P7pdbiFCW80C&pg=PP1&dq=India+and+Tibet+Younghusband&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false India & Tibet by Francis Younghusband] Google Books (Limited View)
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024155206 ''Sikhim And Bhutan, Twenty-one Years On The North-east Frontier 1887-1908''] by [[Photographer#Books|J Claude White]]. Archive.org 1909 edition.
*''Lhasa: An Account of the Country and People of Central Tibet and of the Progress of the Mission sent there by the English Government in the year 1903-04'' by Perceval Landon 1905 Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/lhasaaccountofco01land#page/n9/mode/2up Volume 1], [http://www.archive.org/stream/lhasaaccountofco02land#page/n9/mode/2up Volume 2]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedservicema00pollgoog#page/n713/mode/1up "Across the North East Frontier"] by Colonel HC Wylly , page 642 ''The United Service Magazine Volume 29 New Series April 1904 to September 1904'' Archive.org
*[http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/index.php?id=390 "Reminiscences of Tibet"]. Online report by Frederick Campbell who accompanied the Younghusband Expedition to Lhasa, Tibet, 1904. King’s College London Collections:The Serving Soldier
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/greatplateaubein00rawl#page/n207/mode/2up "The Gartok Expedition 1904-1905"], page 159 ''The Great Plateau being an account of exploration in Central Tibet, 1903, and of the Gartok expedition, 1904-1905''] by Captain C. G. Rawling 1905 Archive.org The terms of the Treaty provided that a trade mart be opened at Gartok and the expedition took place to survey the area and select a suitable location.
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6xuZkXwR1M Trailer for Gyantse 1904: The British Liberation of Tibet] Youtube

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