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|combatant1=British Army  
|combatant1=British Army  
|combatant2=Chitralis
|combatant2=Chitralis
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Scott_Robertson Political Agent: 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>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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*109 Non-combatants incl  52 Chitralis
*109 Non-combatants incl  52 Chitralis


== Relief Force ==
== Gilgit Relief Force ==
*[[32nd Punjab Pioneers|32nd Pioneers]] (382 men)
*[[32nd Punjab Pioneers|32nd Pioneers]] (382 men)
*Kashmir Infantry (100 men)
*Kashmir Infantry (100 men)
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[[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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 North West Frontier Military History] Wikipedia
* [http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions] www.antiquesatoz.com
* [http://www.khyber.org/publications/011-015/chitralforts.shtml  Forts of the Chitral Campaign of 1895 by Bill Woodburn] www.khyber.org
* [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.onwar.com/aced/data/charlie/chitral1895.htm Siege of Chitral] www.onwar.com
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jGUNJERQXsUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Relief+of+Chitral+By+George+John+Younghusband&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false The Relief of Chitral By George John Younghusband] Google Books
* [http://warandgame.blogspot.com/2009/01/siege-of-chitral.html Peter Holt's Siege of Chitral] warandgame.blogspot.com
* [http://www.devonheritage.org/Nonplace/DevonReg/Chitral1895-thefortundersiege.htm Siege of Chitral]  Devon Heritage
* [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
[[Category:Battles|Chitral, Siege and Relief of]]
[[Category:Battles|Chitral, Siege and Relief of]]
[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Chitral, Siege and Relief of]]
[[Category:Chitral Campaign|Chitral, Siege and Relief of]]

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