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*[http://www.archive.org/details/pathanrevoltinno00millrich ''The Pathan Revolt in North-West India''] by H. Woosnam Mills 1897 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/details/pathanrevoltinno00millrich ''The Pathan Revolt in North-West India''] by H. Woosnam Mills 1897 Archive.org
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26889/page/4989 "Field Operations - Tochi"]. ''The London Gazette''  September 7, 1897
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26889/page/4989 "Field Operations - Tochi"]. ''The London Gazette''  September 7, 1897
*[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26928/pages/147 "Despatches: The operations of the Malakand and Mohmand Field Forces"] ''The London Gazette'' January 11, 1898.
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26928/page/147 "Despatches: The operations of the Malakand and Mohmand Field Forces"] ''The London Gazette'' January 11, 1898.
*[https://archive.org/details/risingsonnorthwe00alla ''The Risings on the North-west Frontier  being a complete narrative, with specially prepared maps of the various risings of the frontier tribes in the Tochi Valley, the Swat Valley, the country of the Mohmands and Mamunds, and the country of the Afridis and Orakzai... from the middle of June, 1897 to the end of January, 1898''] Special War Correspondence of the "Pioneer" 1898 (archive.org)
*[https://archive.org/details/risingsonnorthwe00alla ''The Risings on the North-west Frontier  being a complete narrative, with specially prepared maps of the various risings of the frontier tribes in the Tochi Valley, the Swat Valley, the country of the Mohmands and Mamunds, and the country of the Afridis and Orakzai... from the middle of June, 1897 to the end of January, 1898''] Special War Correspondence of the "Pioneer" 1898 (archive.org)
**with a [https://archive.org/stream/risingsonnorthwe00alla#page/n11/mode/1up Map of the Area of Disturbance] and a [https://archive.org/stream/risingsonnorthwe00alla#page/n127/mode/1up Sketch map: Afridi and Orakzai country]
**with a [https://archive.org/stream/risingsonnorthwe00alla#page/n11/mode/1up Map of the Area of Disturbance] and a [https://archive.org/stream/risingsonnorthwe00alla#page/n127/mode/1up Sketch map: Afridi and Orakzai country]
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*[http://archive.org/stream/frontierwarfare00offigoog#page/n4/mode/2up  ''Frontier Warfare 1901''] Official publication Simla. "Notes... written for the assistance of commanders when operating in broken and mountainous ground and are based on the experience gained in late frontier campaigns". Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/frontierwarfare00offigoog#page/n4/mode/2up  ''Frontier Warfare 1901''] Official publication Simla. "Notes... written for the assistance of commanders when operating in broken and mountainous ground and are based on the experience gained in late frontier campaigns". Archive.org
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b5121073?urlappend=%3Bseq=4 ''Small Wars. Their Principles and Practice''] by Colonel C. [Charles] E. [Edward] Callwell.    General Staff - War Office.  Third Edition 1906.  His Majesty's Stationery Office,  London. (First edition 1896) ”It is recommended to officers as a valuable contribution on the subject of the conduct of small wars.” Hathi Trust Digital Library. [http://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/s/small-wars-their-principles-and-practice.html A transcribed version] Naval History and Heritage Command, an official U.S. Navy web site.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b5121073?urlappend=%3Bseq=4 ''Small Wars. Their Principles and Practice''] by Colonel C. [Charles] E. [Edward] Callwell.    General Staff - War Office.  Third Edition 1906.  His Majesty's Stationery Office,  London. (First edition 1896) ”It is recommended to officers as a valuable contribution on the subject of the conduct of small wars.” Hathi Trust Digital Library. [http://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/s/small-wars-their-principles-and-practice.html A transcribed version] Naval History and Heritage Command, an official U.S. Navy web site.
*[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28168/supplements/6053  "Despatch on  the recent operations on the Mohmand border, in the Khyber, and the country of the Mohmands"]  ''London Gazette Supplement'' August 14, 1908.
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28168/supplement/6053  "Despatch on  the recent operations on the Mohmand border, in the Khyber, and the country of the Mohmands"]  ''London Gazette Supplement'' August 14, 1908.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/n11/mode/2up ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: Volume 1 Tribes north of the Kabul River''] by Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1907 Archive.org. There is a supplement  ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume 1, supplement A: Operations against the Mohmands (including operations in the Khaiber, 1st-7th May'') which is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, under the title ''Operations against the Mohmands''. Unfortunately the file is somewhat unsatisfactory. There is no Contents page and many pages are duplicated. For Chapter 2, go to computer page 21, and for Chapter 3, cp 29. At least the following pages appear to be missing in addition to the Contents: (actual) p 34-35 and Appendix page i.  The supplement ''Operations against the Mohmands'' is also available to download as a pdf  from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]], located under Books, Indian Subcontinent, 1908.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/n11/mode/2up ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: Volume 1 Tribes north of the Kabul River''] by Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1907 Archive.org. There is a supplement  ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume 1, supplement A: Operations against the Mohmands (including operations in the Khaiber, 1st-7th May'') which is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, under the title ''Operations against the Mohmands''. Unfortunately the file is somewhat unsatisfactory. There is no Contents page and many pages are duplicated. For Chapter 2, go to computer page 21, and for Chapter 3, cp 29. At least the following pages appear to be missing in addition to the Contents: (actual) p 34-35 and Appendix page i.  The supplement ''Operations against the Mohmands'' is also available to download as a pdf  from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]], located under Books, Indian Subcontinent, 1908.
*''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume 2. North-West Frontier Tribes between the Kabul and Gumal Rivers'' by Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1908  is available to download as a pdf  from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]], located under Books, Indian Subcontinent, 1908. It is also available partially online to page 97 on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. It is catalogued without volume number simply as ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India'' 1908 and has barcode 99999990229429. There is a supplement  [http://ia600404.us.archive.org//load_djvu_applet.php?file=11/items/FrontierAndOverseasExpeditionsFromIndiaVolII/FrontierAndOverseasExpeditionsFromIndiaVolII.djvu ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume 2 Supplement A ,Operations against the Zakka Khel Afridis''] Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1908 Archive.org. (Requires a [[Online books#Archive.org|Djvu plug in]]). This book is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, catalogued as "Frontier And Overseas Expeditions From India(Vol Ii)" 1908  with barcode 2990110009084.  
*''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume 2. North-West Frontier Tribes between the Kabul and Gumal Rivers'' by Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1908  is available to download as a pdf  from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]], located under Books, Indian Subcontinent, 1908. It is also available partially online to page 97 on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. It is catalogued without volume number simply as ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India'' 1908 and has barcode 99999990229429. There is a supplement  [http://ia600404.us.archive.org//load_djvu_applet.php?file=11/items/FrontierAndOverseasExpeditionsFromIndiaVolII/FrontierAndOverseasExpeditionsFromIndiaVolII.djvu ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume 2 Supplement A ,Operations against the Zakka Khel Afridis''] Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1908 Archive.org. (Requires a [[Online books#Archive.org|Djvu plug in]]). This book is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, catalogued as "Frontier And Overseas Expeditions From India(Vol Ii)" 1908  with barcode 2990110009084.  
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/216/mode/2up "Punishing the Bunerwals" <nowiki>[</nowiki>1915<nowiki>]</nowiki>] , page 217 ''Under ten viceroys the reminiscences of a Gurkha'' by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/216/mode/2up "Punishing the Bunerwals" <nowiki>[</nowiki>1915<nowiki>]</nowiki>] , page 217 ''Under ten viceroys the reminiscences of a Gurkha'' by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/warinairbeingsto06rale#page/268/mode/2up "War Operations In India"] page 268, ''War in the Air: being the story of the part played  in the Great War by the Royal Air Force, Volume VI''  by H A Jones 1937 Archive.org. Part of the series ''History of the Great War based on Official Documents''.
*[https://archive.org/stream/warinairbeingsto06rale#page/268/mode/2up "War Operations In India"] page 268, ''War in the Air: being the story of the part played  in the Great War by the Royal Air Force, Volume VI''  by H A Jones 1937 Archive.org. Part of the series ''History of the Great War based on Official Documents''.
*[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30629/supplements/4501 "Despatches on the operations against the Mahsuds, March-August, 1917"] ''London Gazette'' Supplement 12 April 1918
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30629/supplement/4501 "Despatches on the operations against the Mahsuds, March-August, 1917"] ''London Gazette'' Supplement 12 April 1918
*Despatches on military operations in the Indian Empire since the outbreak of the [[First World  War]].  Includes the North West Frontier ''London Gazette Supplement''s.  
*Despatches on military operations in the Indian Empire since the outbreak of the [[First World  War]].  Includes the North West Frontier ''London Gazette Supplement''s.  
**[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29652/supplements/6695  To 9th March 1916]  ''LGS'' 4 July 1916; [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30360/supplements/11269  To 31st March 1917]  ''LGS'' 31 October 1917; [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31235/supplements/3585 To 31st May 1918]  ''LGS'' 17 March 1919; [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32007/supplements/8157 To 30 April 1919] ''LGS'' 5 August 1920
**[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29652/supplement/6695  To 9th March 1916]  ''LGS'' 4 July 1916; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30360/supplement/11269  To 31st March 1917]  ''LGS'' 31 October 1917; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31235/supplement/3585 To 31st May 1918]  ''LGS'' 17 March 1919; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32007/supplement/8157 To 30 April 1919] ''LGS'' 5 August 1920
*[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32156/pages/12129    "A report on the operations in Waziristan during the period 3rd November 1919 to 7th May 1920".] ''London Gazette'' 8 December 1920.
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32156/page/12129    "A report on the operations in Waziristan during the period 3rd November 1919 to 7th May 1920".] ''London Gazette'' 8 December 1920.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/operationsinwa00indi#page/n5/mode/2up ''Operations in Waziristan, 1919-1920''] Compiled by the General Staff Army Headquarters, India 1921 Archive.org<br>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/operationsinwa00indi#page/n5/mode/2up ''Operations in Waziristan, 1919-1920''] Compiled by the General Staff Army Headquarters, India 1921 Archive.org<br>
*''Waziristan 1919-1920'' by H De Watteville 1925 (one of eight in the series ''Campaigns and Their Lessons'') is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website<br>
*''Waziristan 1919-1920'' by H De Watteville 1925 (one of eight in the series ''Campaigns and Their Lessons'') is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website<br>

Revision as of 02:00, 9 August 2015

North West Frontier Campaigns
1849-1947
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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Location:
Combatants:
East India Company and British Army North West Frontier tribes
Result: Suppression of border incursions
Medals:
India General Service medal 1854
India Medal 1895-1902
Links:
Category: Category:North West Frontier Campaigns


From 1849 when the East India Company annexed the Punjab it became necessary to prevent incursion by the frontier Pakhtun tribes. Successive punitive expeditions subdued particular areas until further outrages occurred. Control of the region depended to a large extent on the Punjab Frontier Force recruited from local tribesmen commanded by British officers.

North West Frontier Expeditions

For a list of campaigns in order see

Medals

British Library holdings

India Office Records include:

Imperial War Museums holdings

The Imperial War Museums are a source of information about operations in Waziristan. Search the catalogue.

Catalogue entry for the publication Bibliography of sources in the Departments of Documents, Photographs, Printed Books and Sound Records at the Imperial War Museum on military operations in Waziristan on the North West Frontier of India 1917-1937, published c 1979.

Also see

Recommended Reading

  • John Archibald Hislop was an officer in the Indian Army, 2nd Battalion 9th Jat Regiment from 1933. He had a series of postings on the North West Frontier. Subsequently he was GS02 Waziristan District until c.August 1943. His memoirs A Soldier’s Story-From the Khyber Pass to the Jungles of Burma: The Memoir of a British Officer in the Indian Army 1933-1947 were published by his daughter in 2010 and reviewed in FIBIS Journal 26.

External Links

Maps

Histories

  • "Waziristan's last soldier" by Zubeida Malik BBC 8 November 2008 with a slideshow of photographs. Frank Leeson spent two years commanding 1,000 Khassadars- Waziri soldiers- between 1946 and 1948, the last surviving British officer to have served in North Waziristan.

Pictures

Historical books online

Recommended Reading

Campaigns on the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916
Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005
ISBN 1-845741-87-0
Imperial Frontier: Tribe & State in Waziristan by Dr Hugh Beattie
Routledge 2001
ISBN 0700713093 and ISBN 978-0700713097

References