Mahsud Expedition 1860

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Mahsud Expedition 1860
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date: April-June 1860
Location: Waziristan, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 32.283321°N 69.54989°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Mahsud tribesmen
Commanders
Brig Gen Neville Chamberlain
Strength
about 6,750
Casualties

Campaign Actions

Battle of Palosin 23 April
Battle of Burrurah Pass 4 May
Battle of Kaniguram 5 May
Battle of Mukeen 11 May
Battle of Palloreew June

Field Force

  • No 2 Punjab Light Field Battery (3 guns)
  • No 3 Punjab Light Field Battery (3 guns)
  • Peshawar Mountain Train Battery (4 guns)
  • Hazara Mountain Train Battery (3 guns)
  • Guides Cavalry (108 men)
  • 3rd Punjab Cavalry (131 men)
  • Multani Cavalry (15th Lancers) (100 men)
  • 1st Company Sappers & Miners (60 men)
  • Guides Infantry (407 men)
  • 4th Sikh Infantry (427 men)
  • 1st Punjab Infantry (397 men)
  • 2nd Punjab Infantry (684 men)
  • 3rd Punjab Infantry (373 men)
  • 4th Punjab Infantry (387 men)
  • 6th Punjab Infantry (400 men)
  • 14th Punjab Infantry (disbanded) (207 men)
  • 24th Punjab Infantry (Pioneers) (418 men)
  • Hazara Gurkha Battalion (464 men)
  • 6th Police Battalion (394 men)
  • 1,600 Levies

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Google Books - 1860 Mahsud Expedition
ODNB - Brig Gen Chamberlain

Recommended Reading

Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916
Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005
ISBN 1-845741-87-0