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[[Category:Battles|Chitral, Siege and Relief of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[Chitral Campaign 1895]]
|partof=[[:Category:Chitral Campaign|Chitral Campaign]]
|date=4 March- 20 April 1895
|date=4 March- 20 April 1895
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitral Chitral, NWF]
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitral Chitral, NWF]
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|combatant1=British Army  
|combatant1=British Army  
|combatant2=Chitralis
|combatant2=Chitralis
|commander1=Political Agent: Surgeon Major George Robertson<br>Garrison Commander:<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101036543/ Capt Charles Townshend]<br> Commanding Relief Force:<br>Col James Kelly
|commander1=Political Agent: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Scott_Robertson Surgeon Major George Robertson]<br>Garrison Commander:<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Vere_Ferrers_Townshend Capt Charles Townshend]<br> Commanding Relief Force:<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/232/mode/2up/search/Kelly Col James Kelly]
|commander2=Sher Afzal<br>Umra Khan  
|commander2=Sher Afzal<br>Umra Khan  
|strength1=Garrison: 419 fighting men<br>Relief Force: 616 men & 2 guns
|strength1=Garrison: 419 fighting men<br>Relief Force: 616 men & 2 guns
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== Chitral Garrison ==
== Chitral Garrison ==
Surg Maj G.S.Robertson, Political Agent<br>Capt C.Campbell, Central India Horse, Inspecting Officer Kashmir Imperial Service Troops<br>Captain C.V.F.Townshend, Central India Horse, Commanding Political Agent's Escort then Fort Commander<br>Lieut B.E.M.Gurdon Assistant to British Agent<br>Surg Capt Whitchurch, 24th Punjab Infantry<br>Lieut H.K.Harley, Commanding 14th Sikhs<br>24th Sikhs (99 men)<br>Kashmir Infantry (301 men)<br> 109 Non-combatants incl  52 Chitralis
*Surg Maj G S Robertson, Political Agent
*Capt C Campbell, Central India Horse, Inspecting Officer Kashmir Imperial Service Troops
*Captain C V F Townshend, Central India Horse, commanding Political Agent's Escort then Fort Commander
*Lieut B E M Gurdon Assistant to British Agent
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Frederick_Whitchurch Surg Capt Whitchurch], 24th Punjab Infantry
*Lieut H.K.Harley, commanding [[14th (Ferozepore) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|14th Sikhs]] (99 men)
*Kashmir Infantry (301 men)
*109 Non-combatants incl  52 Chitralis


== Gilgit Relief Force ==
*[[32nd Punjab Pioneers|32nd Pioneers]] (382 men)
*Kashmir Infantry (100 men)
*Kashmir Sappers & Miners (34 men)
*Kashmir Mountain Artillery (2 guns)
*Hunza and Punial Levies (100 men)


== Relief Force ==
== External Links ==
32nd Pioneers (382 men)<br>Kashmir Infantry (100 men)<br>Kashmir Sappers & Miners (34 men)<br>Kashmir Mountain Artillery (2 guns)<br>Hunza and Punial Levies (100 men)
[[Image:Indian General Service Medal. 1895 Chitral.jpg‎|thumb|right|230px|File:Indian General Service Medal with clasp Relief of Chitral 1895]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 North West Frontier Military History] Wikipedia
* [http://www.khyber.org/publications/011-015/chitralforts.shtml  Forts of the Chitral Campaign of 1895 by Bill Woodburn] www.khyber.org
* [http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/charlie/chitral1895.htm Siege of Chitral] www.onwar.com
* [http://www.devonheritage.org/Nonplace/DevonReg/Chitral1895-thefortundersiege.htm Siege of Chitral]  Devon Heritage


==== Historical Books online ====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/58/mode/2up ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I'' - Siege of Chitral] archive.org<br>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reliefchitral01youngoog#page/n13/mode/1up ''The Relief of Chitral''] by George John Younghusband 1895 (archive.org)<br>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/withkellytochit00beyngoog#page/n11/mode/1up ''With Kelly to Chitral''] by Lt W G L Beynon 1896 (archive.org)
*[https://archive.org/details/chitralcampaignn00thomuoft ''The Chitral campaign; a narrative of events in Chitral, Swat and Bajour''] by H C Thomson 1895 archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.525043 ''Townshend of Chitral and Kut: Based on the diaries and private papers of Sir Charles Vere Townshend'']  by Erroll Sherson 1928. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/stream/battlesofninetee03forb#page/168/mode/2up "The Chitral Campaign of 1895"] by Major General T Bland Strange, pages 169-184  ''Battles of the Nineteenth Century Volume III'', c 1901. With Illustrations. archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278586  ''An Offical Account of the Chitral Expendition 1895''] by W R Robertson 1898.  Archive.org, Public  Library of India Collection.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hnb5qr?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Chitral: the Story of a Minor Siege''] by Sir George S Robertson 1898 Hathi Trust Digital Library.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.501599  1905, New and cheaper Issue] Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208528/page/n7/mode/2up ''Four Score Years and Ten: Sir Bindon Bloodʼs Reminscences''] by General Sir Bindon Blood, Representative Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers 1933. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.5049/page/n1/mode/2up 2nd file] where images have been rotated. Archive.org. Born 1842, he went to India in 1871, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208528/page/n65/mode/2up page 47].  He was  with the Chitral Field Force  1895, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208528/page/n285/mode/2up page 264].
*Maxim guns were used in the Chitral Campaign: [https://archive.org/stream/bookofmachinegun00long#page/n57/mode/2up Page 38] ''The book of the Machine Gun'' by F.V. Longstaff and A. Hilliard Atteridge.  1917 Archive.org


==Bibliography==
* Beynon, William George Lawrence, ''With Kelly to Chitral'' Arnold, 1896. Available on [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10603 Gutenberg]
* Harris, John, ''Much sounding of bugles: The siege of Chitral, 1895''. Reprint Hutchinson, 1975 ISBN 0091245907
* Robertson, Sir George, ''Chitral: Story of a Minor Siege'', Methuen & Co. 1898. Reprint: Oxford University Press, 1978, ISBN-10: 0195772482, ISBN-13: 978-0195772487
* Thompson, H. C., ''The Chitral Campaign: A Narrative Of Events In Chitral, Swat, And Bajour.'' Reprints: Naval and Military Press, 2009.
* Younghusband, G.I., ''The Relief of Chitral'', MacMillan & Co Ltd, 1895


 
[[Category:Battles|Chitral, Siege and Relief of]]
== External Links ==
[[Category:Chitral Campaign|Chitral, Siege and Relief of]]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]<br>[http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/charlie/chitral1895.htm Siege of Chitral]<br>[http://www.devonheritage.org/Nonplace/DevonReg/Chitral1895-thefortundersiege.htm Devon Heritage - Siege of Chitral]

Latest revision as of 19:44, 24 September 2022

Siege and Relief of Chitral
Part of Chitral Campaign
Date: 4 March- 20 April 1895
Location: Chitral, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 35.884157°N 71.795963°E
Result: Siege relieved
Combatants
British Army Chitralis
Commanders
Political Agent: Surgeon Major George Robertson
Garrison Commander:
Capt Charles Townshend
Commanding Relief Force:
Col James Kelly
Sher Afzal
Umra Khan
Strength
Garrison: 419 fighting men
Relief Force: 616 men & 2 guns
3-5,000 men
Casualties

Chitral Garrison

  • Surg Maj G S Robertson, Political Agent
  • Capt C Campbell, Central India Horse, Inspecting Officer Kashmir Imperial Service Troops
  • Captain C V F Townshend, Central India Horse, commanding Political Agent's Escort then Fort Commander
  • Lieut B E M Gurdon Assistant to British Agent
  • Surg Capt Whitchurch, 24th Punjab Infantry
  • Lieut H.K.Harley, commanding 14th Sikhs (99 men)
  • Kashmir Infantry (301 men)
  • 109 Non-combatants incl 52 Chitralis

Gilgit Relief Force

  • 32nd Pioneers (382 men)
  • Kashmir Infantry (100 men)
  • Kashmir Sappers & Miners (34 men)
  • Kashmir Mountain Artillery (2 guns)
  • Hunza and Punial Levies (100 men)

External Links

File:Indian General Service Medal with clasp Relief of Chitral 1895

Historical Books online