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'''First Excursion'''<br>
'''First Excursion'''<br>
*200 [[32nd Punjab Pioneers|32nd Pioneers]]
*200 [[32nd Punjab Pioneers|32nd Pioneers]]
*300 support
*300 support<br>
'''Expedition Force'''<br>
*Six Coys [[44th Gurkha Rifles|8th Gurkhas]]
*Eight Coys [[23rd Punjab Pioneers|23rd Pioneers]]
*Half Coy 2nd Sappers
*Maxim gun detachment of [[9th Regiment of Foot|Norfolk Regiment]]
*Two 7-pounder guns of 8th Gurkhas
*Two guns No 7 Mountain Battery
*Field Hospital
*Engineer Field Park
*Ammunition Column
*Telegraph, postal and survey detachments


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 16:01, 19 November 2009

Tibet Expedition
Dec 1903 – Sept 1904
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
File:Tibetimage.jpg
Location: Tibet
Combatants:
British Field Force Tibetan Armed Forces
Result: Anglo-Tibetan Agreement of 1904
Medals: Tibet Medal
Links:
Category: Tibet Expedition
See our interactive map of
Tibet Expedition 1903-04
locations and routes on Google Maps


Summary

The expedition to Tibet in 1903-04, also known as the Anglo-Tibet War. At the beginning of the 20th century Britain and Russia were competing for influence in Central Asia. To counter the perceived threat, the British sent an expedition under Francis Younghusband to negotiate with the Tibetans. The first excursion to Khamba Jong was rebuffed and a field force was dispatched through the Jelep Pass. The Tibetans were defeated at two major battles and the expedition reached Lhasa in August 1904. The Dalai Lama had fled but Younghusband forced a one-sided treaty on the regent which gave Britain trading rights in Tibet. This was later repudiated by the Tibetans.

Field Force

First Excursion

Expedition Force

  • Six Coys 8th Gurkhas
  • Eight Coys 23rd Pioneers
  • Half Coy 2nd Sappers
  • Maxim gun detachment of Norfolk Regiment
  • Two 7-pounder guns of 8th Gurkhas
  • Two guns No 7 Mountain Battery
  • Field Hospital
  • Engineer Field Park
  • Ammunition Column
  • Telegraph, postal and survey detachments

External links

Recommended Reading

India and Tibet, A History of the Relations which have Subsisted between the Two Countries from the Time of Warren Hastings to 1910; with a Particular Account of the Mission to Lhasa of 1904. by Sir Francis Younghusband KCIE. Published by John Murray 1910. Reprinted by LLP 2002. ISBN 81-7536-278-2