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*[[14th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|14th Sikhs]]
*[[14th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|14th Sikhs]]
*[[33rd Punjab Regiment of Infantry|33rd Punjab Infantry]]
*[[33rd Punjab Regiment of Infantry|33rd Punjab Infantry]]
*38th Dogras
*[[38th Regiment of Dogra Infantry|38th Dogras]]
*1st Batt 4th Gurkhas<br>
*1st Batt [[4th Gurkha Rifles|4th Gurkhas]]<br>
   
   
'''Bannu Column'''<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101032986/ ''Lt-Col Charles Egerton DSO, 3rd Punjab Cavalry'']
'''Bannu Column'''<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101032986/ ''Lt-Col Charles Egerton DSO, 3rd Punjab Cavalry'']

Revision as of 07:49, 8 May 2009

Mahsud Expedition 1894-95
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date: 18 December 1894-21 January 1895
Location: Waziristan, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 32.283321°N 69.54989°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Mahsud tribesmen
Commanders
Brig Gen Sir William Lockhart KCB CSI
Strength
Casualties

Campaign Actions

Battle of Wana 3 November 1894
Battle of Mukeen 1894 22 December 1894

Field Force

Wana Column
Brig Gen A.H.Turner

Jandola Column
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101026898/ Brig Gen W.P.Symons CB

Bannu Column
Lt-Col Charles Egerton DSO, 3rd Punjab Cavalry

  • 3rd Punjab Cavalry (300 men)
  • No 1 Kohat Mountain Battery
  • 1st Sikhs
  • 2nd Punjab Infantry
  • 6th Punjab Infantry

Garrison left at Wana

  • 1st Punjab Cavalry (35 men)
  • 3rd Peshawar Mountain Battery
  • 20th Punjab Infantry

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Google Books - General Lockhart
Google Books - Mahsud Waziris

Recommended Reading

Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916
Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005
ISBN 1-845741-87-0