Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90

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Chin Lushai Expedition
1889-90
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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Location: Chin State, Burma and Mizoram State, India
Combatants:
British Chin and Lushai tribesmen
Result: British victory
Medals: India General Service Medal 1854
Clasp: Chin Lushai 1889-90
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Category: Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90
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Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90
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Summary

Continued outrages following the expedition of 1871-72 led to a further campaign involving columns from Chittagong and Pakokku in Burma. A series of punitive raids on Lushai and Chin villages resulted in the submission of the tribes.

Burma Field force

Brig-Gen William Symons against Chin Tribes
Northern Column Colonel Skene DSO (1,622 troops)

Southern Column Brig-Gen W P Symons (1,859 troops)

Chittagong Field Force

Col V W Tregear against Lushai Tribes (3,400 troops)

Related articles

External Links

  • "Field Operations, Chin -Lushai" Operations of the Burma and Chittagong Columns of the Chin-Lushai Expeditionary Force commencing November 1889 The London Gazette 12 September 1890 issue: 26087 page: 4931
  • Summary of expedition Google Books
  • Chin Operation archive.org page 330
  • Lushai Operation archive.org
  • The Chin Hills: A History of the people. our dealings with them, their customs and manners, and a Gazetteer of their country by Bertram S Carey and H N Tuck 1896 Archive.org Volume I, Volume II. The digital files lack the original photographs
  • War Medals and Their History by William Augustus Steward 1915 Archive.org