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== Mohmand Field Force == | == Mohmand Field Force == | ||
| − | '''First Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen R.Westmacott CB DSO'' | + | '''First Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen R.Westmacott CB DSO'' |
| + | *1st Batt [[13th Regiment of Foot|Somerset Light Infantry]] | ||
| + | *1st Batt [[11th Regiment of Foot|Devonshire Regt]] | ||
| + | * [[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Punjabis]] | ||
| + | *2nd Batt [[1st Gurkha Rifles|1st Gurkhas]]<br> | ||
| − | '''Second Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen C.R.MacGregor DSO'' | + | '''Second Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen C.R.MacGregor DSO'' |
| + | *2nd Batt Oxfordshire Light Infantry | ||
| + | *Six Companies 37th Dogras | ||
| + | *9th Gurkhas<br> | ||
| − | '''Divisional Troops''' | + | '''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<br> | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions] | ||
Revision as of 16:23, 12 May 2009
| Mohmand Expedition 1897 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
