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[[Category:Battles|Chitral, Siege and Relief of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|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|strength2= 3-5,000 men
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
== Chitral Garrison ==
*Surg Maj G.S.Robertson, Political Agent<br>*Capt C.Campbell, Central India Horse, Inspecting Officer Kashmir Imperial Service Troops<br>*Captain C.V.F.Townshend, Central India Horse, Commanding commanding Political Agent's Escort then Fort Commander<br>*Lieut B.E.M.Gurdon Assistant to British Agent<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Frederick_Whitchurch Surg Capt Whitchurch], 24th Punjab Infantry<br>*Lieut H.K.Harley, Commanding commanding [[14th (Ferozepore) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|14th Sikhs<br>24th Sikhs ]] (99 men)<br>*Kashmir Infantry (301 men)<br> *109 Non-combatants incl 52 Chitralis
== Gilgit Relief Force ==
*[[32nd Punjab Pioneers|32nd Pioneers]] (382 men)
*Kashmir Infantry (100 men)
*Kashmir Sappers & Miners (34 men)
*Kashmir Mountain Artillery (2 guns)
*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 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>Wikipedia* [http://www.antiquesatozkhyber.comorg/stephenheroldpublications/nwfrontc011-015/chitralforts.htm NWF Expeditionsshtml Forts of the Chitral Campaign of 1895 by Bill Woodburn]<br>www.khyber.org* [http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/charlie/chitral1895.htm Siege of Chitral]<br>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  [[Category:Battles|Chitral, Siege and Relief of]][[Category:Chitral Campaign|Chitral, Siege and Relief of]]
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