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'''Second Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen C.R.MacGregor DSO'' | '''Second Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen C.R.MacGregor DSO'' | ||
*2nd Batt Oxfordshire Light Infantry | *2nd Batt [[52nd Regiment of Foot|Oxfordshire Light Infantry]] | ||
*Six Companies 37th Dogras | *Six Companies [[37th Regiment of Dogra Infantry|37th Dogras]] | ||
*9th Gurkhas<br> | *9th Gurkhas<br> | ||
Revision as of 17:44, 12 May 2009
| Mohmand Expedition 1897 | ||
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| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908A | ||
| Date: | August & September 1897 | |
| Location: | Mohmand Agency, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | approx 34.510425°N 71.35459°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribesmen | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Mohmand tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Brig Gen E.R.Elles CB | ||
| Strength | ||
| 8,500 | ||
| Casualties | ||
| 12 killed 96 wounded |
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Campaign Actions
Mohmand Field Force
First Brigade
Brig Gen R.Westmacott CB DSO
- 1st Batt Somerset Light Infantry
- 1st Batt Devonshire Regt
- 20th Punjabis
- 2nd Batt 1st Gurkhas
Second Brigade
Brig Gen C.R.MacGregor DSO
- 2nd Batt Oxfordshire Light Infantry
- Six Companies 37th Dogras
- 9th Gurkhas
Divisional Troops
- 13th Bengal Lancers
- No 3 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
- No 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery
- No 5 Company Bengal Sappers & Miners
- 28th Bombay Infantry
- One Detachment of Jodhpur Lancers
- 1st Patiala Infantry
- Three Maxims
- Three Sections Native Field Hospital
External Links
Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions