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== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
Continued outrages following the [[:Category:Lushai Expedition 1871-72| 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.
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Continued outrages following the [[:Category:Lushai Expedition 1871-72| 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 ==
 
== Burma Field force ==
 
''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101026898/ Brig-Gen William Symons]'' against Chin Tribes<br>  
 
''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101026898/ Brig-Gen William Symons]'' against Chin Tribes<br>  
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*Detachment Chittagong Frontier Police
 
*Detachment Chittagong Frontier Police
  
== External Links ==
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==Related articles==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YON9iVgsDRUC&pg=PA103&dq=Lushai+1889&as_brr=3&ei=2M30SIr6J5X8ygT61f3JCg&sig=ACfU3U2iSjpZ0sYtvHNYnksxIW-Yj5HZpA Summary of expedition] Google Books<br>
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*[[Occupation of Tiddim]] 1889
[http://ia341333.us.archive.org/0/items/FrontierAndOverseasExpeditionsFromIndiaVolV/FrontierAndOverseasExpeditionsFromIndiaVolV.pdf Chin Operation] archive.org page 330<br>
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*[[Battle of Lushai 1891]]
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas04indi#page/248/mode/2up Lushai Operation] archive.org<br>
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*[[Chin Hills Expedition 1892-93]]
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=y8ThjBJrWVUC&pg=PA222&dq=Sikkim+Field+Force&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Sikkim%20Field%20Force&f=false Chin-Lushai 1889-90] War Medals and Their History - Google Books
 
  
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== Historical books online ==
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*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26087/page/4931 "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
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*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YON9iVgsDRUC&pg=PA103&dq=Lushai+1889&as_brr=3&ei=2M30SIr6J5X8ygT61f3JCg&sig=ACfU3U2iSjpZ0sYtvHNYnksxIW-Yj5HZpA Summary of expedition] Google Books<br>
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*[https://archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas05indi#page/330/mode/2up "The Chin-Lushai Expeditions, 1889-90"] page 330 ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume V: Burma''. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Army Headquarters, India. 1907 Archive.org
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas04indi#page/248/mode/2up Lushai Operation] archive.org<br>
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*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000005CF22#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=8&z=0%2C-282.3696%2C2778%2C2737.7391  ''Chin-Lushai Land including a Description of the Various Expeditions into the Chin-Lushai Hills and the Final Annexation of the Country''] by Surg.-Lieut.-Col.  A S Reid, Indian Medical Service, Medical Officer in Charge 2nd Battalion, 4th Gurkha Rifles 1893. British Library Digital file.
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*''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 [https://archive.org/details/chinhillsahisto01tuckgoog Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/chinhillsahisto00tuckgoog Volume II]. The digital files lack  the original photographs
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*''War Medals and Their History'' by William Augustus Steward 1915 Archive.org
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**[https://archive.org/stream/warmedalstheirhi00stewrich#page/222/mode/2up Chin-Lushai 1889-90]  page 222
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**[https://archive.org/stream/warmedalstheirhi00stewrich#page/224/mode/2up Burma 1889-92] page 224
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[[Category:Minor Campaigns|Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90]]
 
[[Category:Minor Campaigns|Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90]]
 
[[Category:Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90| Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90]]
 
[[Category:Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90| Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90]]
 
[[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90]]
 
[[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90]]

Latest revision as of 04:53, 6 January 2017

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
Links:
Category: 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

Historical books online