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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns |North West Frontier Campaigns ]]
|date=December 1863-January 1864
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohmand_Agency Mohmand Agency, NWF]
|presidency=[[Bengal]] 
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.510425,71.35459&z=11&t=h&hl=en approx 34.510425°N 71.35459°E]  
|result= Submission of tribesmen
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]] 
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohmand Mohmand tribesmen]
|commander1=Col A.F.Macdonell CB
|commander2= 
|strength1= 1,800
|strength2= 
|casualties1= 
|casualties2= 
}}
[[Image:Mohmandmap.jpg|thumb|Mohmand Territory 1909]]
== One Casualty ==
Lieutenant St. George Meadows Bishop - 6th Bengal Cavalry - killed in action at Shabkadar - 5th December 1863. 
Aged 22. Son of General George Bishop (Bengal Infantry). Born in [[Darjeeling]]. 
Buried at [[Peshawar]] - "Erected by his brother officers to the memory of Lieut. St. George M. Bishop 6th Bengal Cavalry, killed in action at Shabkadar in an engagement with the hill tribes December 5th 1863, aged 22 years." <br>Extract from [http://glosters.tripod.com/Exped.htm Stephen Lewis Website]

== Mohmand Field Force ==
*D Battery 5th Brigade [[Royal Horse Artillery]]
* [[7th (Queen's Own)Hussars|7th Hussars]] (140 men)
*[[The Rifle Brigade|3rd Batt Rifle Brigade]]
*Detachment of [[2nd Bengal Lancers (Gardner's Horse)|2nd Bengal Cavalry]]
*Detachment of [[6th Bengal Cavalry]]
*Detachment of [[2nd Gurkha Rifles|2nd Gurkha Regiment]]
*Detachment of [[4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Sikh Infantry]]

== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 North West Frontier Military History] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions] www.antiquesatoz.com<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/440/mode/2up Mohmand Expedition 1863-64] www.archive.org
==== Historical Books on-line ====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/418/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India - Mohmand Tribe] www.archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofriflebr00cope#page/461/mode/1up "Expedition against the Mohmunds: 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade at Shubkudder"], page 461 ''The History of the Rifle Brigade (the Prince Consort's Own) formerly the 95th'' by Sir William H. Cope 1877 Archive.org

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