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[[Category:Battles|Chitral, Siege and Relief of]]
==Recommended Reading==
* Beynon, William George Lawrence, ''With Kelly to Chitral'' Arnold, 1896, BiblioBazaar 2007 ISBN 0554203073 ISBN 978-0554203072 Available on [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10603 Gutenberg]
* Harris, John, ''Much Sounding of Bugles: The Siege of Chitral, 1895''. Reprint Hutchinson, 1975 ISBN 0091245907
* Henty, George Alfred, ''Through Three Campaigns: A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti''. BiblioBazaar 2007 ISBN 0554069385 ISBN 978-0554069388 Available on [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20641 Gutenberg].
* Robertson, Sir George, ''Chitral: Story of a Minor Siege'', Methuen & Co. 1898. Reprint: Oxford University Press, 1978, ISBN 0195772482, ISBN 978-0195772487
* Thompson, H. C., ''The Chitral Campaign: A Narrative Of Events In Chitral, Swat, And Bajour.'' Naval and Military Press 2004. ISBN 1843426676 ISBN 978-1843426677
* Younghusband, G.J., ''The Relief of Chitral'' Bhavan Books & Prints,India 2004 ISBN 8186505504 ISBN 978-8186505502
* Younghusband, G.J., ''The Story of the Guides: The Exploits of the Soldiers of the Famous Indian Army Regiment from the Northwest Frontier 1847-1900'' Leonaur Ltd 2006 ISBN 1846770637 ISBN 978-1846770630 Available on [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16808 Gutenberg]
== External Links ==* [http[Category://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military HistoryBattles|Chitral, Siege and Relief of]]* [http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]* [httpCategory://www.khyber.org/publications/011-015/chitralforts.shtml Forts of the Chitral Campaign of 1895 by Bill Woodburn]* [http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/charlie/chitral1895.htm Siege of |Chitral]* [http://warandgame.blogspot.com/2009/01/siege-of-chitral.html Peter Holt's , Siege and Relief of Chitral]* [http://www.devonheritage.org/Nonplace/DevonReg/Chitral1895-thefortundersiege.htm Devon Heritage - Siege of Chitral]
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|partof=[[:Category:Chitral Campaign|Chitral Campaign 1895]]
|date=4 March- 20 April 1895
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitral Chitral, NWF]
|combatant1=British Army
|combatant2=Chitralis
|commander1=Political Agent: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Scott_Robertson Surgeon Major George Robertson]<br>Garrison Commander:<br>[http://wwwen.oxforddnbwikipedia.comorg/index/101036543wiki/ Charles_Vere_Ferrers_Townshend Capt Charles Townshend]<br> Commanding Relief Force:<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/232/mode/2up/search/Kelly Col James Kelly]
|commander2=Sher Afzal<br>Umra Khan
|strength1=Garrison: 419 fighting men<br>Relief Force: 616 men & 2 guns
*Captain C V F Townshend, Central India Horse, commanding Political Agent's Escort then Fort Commander
*Lieut B E M Gurdon Assistant to British Agent
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Frederick_Whitchurch Surg Capt Whitchurch], 24th Punjab Infantry
*Lieut H.K.Harley, commanding [[14th (Ferozepore) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|14th Sikhs]] (99 men)
*Kashmir Infantry (301 men)
*109 Non-combatants incl 52 Chitralis
== Gilgit Relief Force ==
*[[32nd Punjab Pioneers|32nd Pioneers]] (382 men)
*Kashmir Infantry (100 men)
*Hunza and Punial Levies (100 men)
== External Links ==
[[Image:Indian General Service Medal. 1895 Chitral.jpg|thumb|right|230px|File:Indian General Service Medal with clasp Relief of Chitral 1895]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 North West Frontier Military History] Wikipedia
* [http://www.khyber.org/publications/011-015/chitralforts.shtml Forts of the Chitral Campaign of 1895 by Bill Woodburn] www.khyber.org
* [http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/charlie/chitral1895.htm Siege of Chitral] www.onwar.com
* [http://www.devonheritage.org/Nonplace/DevonReg/Chitral1895-thefortundersiege.htm Siege of Chitral] Devon Heritage
==== Historical Books online ====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/58/mode/2up ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I'' - Siege of Chitral] archive.org<br>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reliefchitral01youngoog#page/n13/mode/1up ''The Relief of Chitral''] by George John Younghusband 1895 (archive.org)<br>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/withkellytochit00beyngoog#page/n11/mode/1up ''With Kelly to Chitral''] by Lt W G L Beynon 1896 (archive.org)
*[https://archive.org/details/chitralcampaignn00thomuoft ''The Chitral campaign; a narrative of events in Chitral, Swat and Bajour''] by H C Thomson 1895 archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.525043 ''Townshend of Chitral and Kut: Based on the diaries and private papers of Sir Charles Vere Townshend''] by Erroll Sherson 1928. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/stream/battlesofninetee03forb#page/168/mode/2up "The Chitral Campaign of 1895"] by Major General T Bland Strange, pages 169-184 ''Battles of the Nineteenth Century Volume III'', c 1901. With Illustrations. archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278586 ''An Offical Account of the Chitral Expendition 1895''] by W R Robertson 1898. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hnb5qr?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Chitral: the Story of a Minor Siege''] by Sir George S Robertson 1898 Hathi Trust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.501599 1905, New and cheaper Issue] Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208528/page/n7/mode/2up ''Four Score Years and Ten: Sir Bindon Bloodʼs Reminscences''] by General Sir Bindon Blood, Representative Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers 1933. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.5049/page/n1/mode/2up 2nd file] where images have been rotated. Archive.org. Born 1842, he went to India in 1871, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208528/page/n65/mode/2up page 47]. He was with the Chitral Field Force 1895, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208528/page/n285/mode/2up page 264].
*Maxim guns were used in the Chitral Campaign: [https://archive.org/stream/bookofmachinegun00long#page/n57/mode/2up Page 38] ''The book of the Machine Gun'' by F.V. Longstaff and A. Hilliard Atteridge. 1917 Archive.org
