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*[https://www.archive.org/stream/lhasaaccountofco02land#page/364/mode/2up/ List of Officers on the Lhasa Mission who actually reached Lhasa.] by Perceval Landon. Archive.org, see below. Some of the  medical personnel are not on this list.
*[https://www.archive.org/stream/lhasaaccountofco02land#page/364/mode/2up/ List of Officers on the Lhasa Mission who actually reached Lhasa.] by Perceval Landon. Archive.org, see below. Some of the  medical personnel are not on this list.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.13256/page/n769 Chronology of the Expedition] by L Austine Waddell  Archive.org, see below.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.13256/page/n769 Chronology of the Expedition] by L Austine Waddell  Archive.org, see below.
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/3/3/272.full.pdf "With the Thibet Mission Force"] by Major A. R. Aldridge ''J R Army Med Corps'' 1904;3:3 272-273
*[https://archive.org/details/jramc-1904-vol3/page/271/mode/2up "With the Thibet Mission Force"] by Major A. R. Aldridge ''J R Army Med Corps'' 1904;3:3 272-273 Archive.org
:[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/4/2/235.full.pdf "With the Tibet Mission Force"] by Major A. R. Aldridge J'' R Army Med Corps'' 1905;4:2 235-240
:[https://archive.org/details/journalofroyalar4190grea/page/234/mode/2up "With the Tibet Mission Force"] by Major A. R. Aldridge J'' R Army Med Corps'' 1905;4:2 235-240 Archive.org
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/3/5/535.full.pdf "With the Sikkim Tibet Mission Force"] by Captain C. W. Mainprise ''J R Army Med Corps'' 1904;3:5 535-538
*[https://archive.org/details/jramc-1904-vol3/page/535/mode/2up "With the Sikkim Tibet Mission Force"] by Captain C. W. Mainprise ''J R Army Med Corps'' 1904;3:5 535-538 Archive.org
:Captain Mainprise also wrote many letters which have been transcribed online as ''Field Force To Lhasa 1903-04''. 50 Letters from Captain Cecil Mainprise.<ref>[http://intotibet1903-04.blogspot.com/2008/12/2nd-rajput-mess-alipore-calcutta.html  ''Field Force To Lhasa 1903-04'']. 50 Letters from Captain Cecil Mainprise. intotibet1903-04.blogspot.com.</ref>
:Captain Mainprise also wrote many letters which have been transcribed online as ''Field Force To Lhasa 1903-04''. 50 Letters from Captain Cecil Mainprise.<ref>[http://intotibet1903-04.blogspot.com/2008/12/2nd-rajput-mess-alipore-calcutta.html  ''Field Force To Lhasa 1903-04'']. 50 Letters from Captain Cecil Mainprise. intotibet1903-04.blogspot.com.</ref>
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/6/1/67.full.pdf "Reprint: The Tibet Mission Force, 1903-1904"] ''J R Army Med Corps'' 1906;6:1 67-90. It is not stated what this article is reprinted from, but it appears to an official report for government
*[https://archive.org/details/jramc-1906-vol6/page/n79/mode/2up "Reprint: The Tibet Mission Force, 1903-1904"] ''J R Army Med Corps'' 1906;6:1 67-90. It is not stated what this article is reprinted from, but it appears to an official report for government. Archive.org
*[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.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
*''Lhasa and Its Mysteries: A Record of the Expedition of 1903-1904'' by L Austine Waddell  Lieut.-Colonel, Indian Medical Service. [https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.13256/page/n7  1905, original edition. With illustrations] Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082446406?urlappend=%3Bseq=15 2nd edition 1905. With illustrations] (rotatable) Hathi Trust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/cu31924023498813 3rd and Cheaper edition 1906] With a lesser number of illustrations. Archive.org. The author, who took part in the expedition and was mentioned in despatches,  was also a Tibetan scholar  and explorer. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Waddell Laurence Waddell] Wikipedia.
*''Lhasa and Its Mysteries: A Record of the Expedition of 1903-1904'' by L Austine Waddell  Lieut.-Colonel, Indian Medical Service. [https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.13256/page/n7  1905, original edition. With illustrations] Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082446406?urlappend=%3Bseq=15 2nd edition 1905. With illustrations] (rotatable) Hathi Trust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/cu31924023498813 3rd and Cheaper edition 1906] With a lesser number of illustrations. Archive.org. The author, who took part in the expedition and was mentioned in despatches,  was also a Tibetan scholar  and explorer. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Waddell Laurence Waddell] Wikipedia.
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*[https://archive.org/details/britishdocuments04greabyu/page/304 “The British Expedition to Thibet 1903-4”] page 306 ''British documents on the origins of the war, 1898-1914, Volume IV:  The Anglo-Russian Rapprochment, 1903-7'' edited by  G P Gooch and Harold Temperley 1929. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/britishdocuments04greabyu/page/304 “The British Expedition to Thibet 1903-4”] page 306 ''British documents on the origins of the war, 1898-1914, Volume IV:  The Anglo-Russian Rapprochment, 1903-7'' edited by  G P Gooch and Harold Temperley 1929. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/bayonetstolhasaf00flem ''Bayonets to Lhasa: the first full account of the British invasion of Tibet in 1904''] by Peter Fleming  1961. Archive.org Lending Library. [https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.29537  Another file, Archive.org], mirror from the collection of the  Archaeological Survey of India at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.
*[https://archive.org/details/bayonetstolhasaf00flem ''Bayonets to Lhasa: the first full account of the British invasion of Tibet in 1904''] by Peter Fleming  1961. Archive.org Lending Library. [https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.29537  Another file, Archive.org], mirror from the collection of the  Archaeological Survey of India at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1989-postal-history-of-indian-military-campaigns-sikkim-tibet-1903-1908-by-virk-s-pdf/  ''Postal History of Indian Military Campaigns: Sikkim-Tibet, 1903-1908''] by  D. S. Virk 1989. Pdf to download. (If the catalogue entry does not display a download, look under 'Books/Indian Subcontinent). Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[https://pahar.in/indian-subcontinent-books/  ''Postal History of Indian Military Campaigns: Sikkim-Tibet, 1903-1908''] by  D. S. Virk 1989. Pdf to download. Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset, category Books/Indian Subcontinent, scroll down to 1989.
*[https://archive.org/details/trespassersonroo0000hopk/page/158  "Chapter 10. Lhasa – At Last"] page 159 ''Trespassers on the Roof of the World : the Secret Exploration of Tibet'' by  Peter Hopkirk 1995. Archive.org Lending Library. Peter Hopkirk was with ''The Times of London'' for nineteen years, as chief reporter and Middle and Far East specialist.
*[https://archive.org/details/trespassersonroo0000hopk/page/158  "Chapter 10. Lhasa – At Last"] page 159 ''Trespassers on the Roof of the World : the Secret Exploration of Tibet'' by  Peter Hopkirk 1995. Archive.org Lending Library. Peter Hopkirk was with ''The Times of London'' for nineteen years, as chief reporter and Middle and Far East specialist.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.31280/page/5/mode/2up "A North-East Frontier Cemetery"] by W J Buchanan page 6, ''Bengal, Past and Present'' Vol 9 July-Dec 1914. Gnatong on the trade route from Sikkhim to Tibet. Archive.org, mirror from ASI/IGNCA
*[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.31280/page/5/mode/2up "A North-East Frontier Cemetery"] by W J Buchanan page 6, ''Bengal, Past and Present'' Vol 9 July-Dec 1914. Gnatong on the trade route from Sikkhim to Tibet. Archive.org, mirror from ASI/IGNCA

Latest revision as of 01:13, 21 September 2024

Tibet Expedition
Dec 1903 – Sept 1904
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
Location: Tibet
Combatants:
British Field Force Tibetan Armed Forces
Result: Anglo-Tibetan Agreement of 1904
Medals: Tibet Medal
Links:
Category: Tibet Expedition
See our interactive map of
Tibet Expedition 1903-04
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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 Francis Younghusband to negotiate with the Tibetans. The first excursion with Claude White, the Political Officer for Sikkim, to Khamba Jong was rebuffed and a field force was dispatched through the 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: Major Francis Younghusband
Political Officer for Sikkim: J Claude White

Tibet Mission
British Commissioner to Tibet: Major Francis Younghusband
Escort Commander: Brig-Gen James Macdonald CB

  • Six Coys 8th Gurkhas Lt-Col Kerr
  • Eight Coys 23rd Pioneers Lt-Col Hogge
  • Half Coy 2nd Sappers Maj Haycock
  • Maxim gun detachment of 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 Royal Fusiliers Col Cooper DSO
  • 40th Pathans Lt-Col Campbell DSO
  • 19th Punjabis Maj Herbert
  • Three Coys Mounted Infantry Capts Otterley & Peterson, Maj Rowlandson
  • Maxim gun detachment of 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 Darjeeling
21 June Reached 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 Khamba Dzong
18 July Younghusband reached Khamba Dzong
11 October Younghusband left Khamba Dzong for Simla

Mission to Lhasa

5 December 1903 Mission left Darjeeling
12 December Crossed the border at Jelep Jelep La 4267m
14 December Arrived at Yadong
20 December Reached Pagri
7 January 1904 Crossed the Tang La 4,521 m
8 January Made camp at Tuna
31 March 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 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

Historical books online

"With the Tibet Mission Force" by Major A. R. Aldridge J R Army Med Corps 1905;4:2 235-240 Archive.org
Captain Mainprise also wrote many letters which have been transcribed online as Field Force To Lhasa 1903-04. 50 Letters from Captain Cecil Mainprise.[1]

References

  1. Field Force To Lhasa 1903-04. 50 Letters from Captain Cecil Mainprise. intotibet1903-04.blogspot.com.