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== Recommended Reading ==
== Recommended Reading ==
Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 <br>Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0  
''Campaigns of the North-West Frontier'' by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 <br>Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0  
<br> The 1912 edition is available online, refer below.
 


== External links ==
== External links ==
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/northwestfrontie00calcuoft#page/232/mode/2up Tirah] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'' 1908 Archive.org<br>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/northwestfrontie00calcuoft#page/232/mode/2up Tirah] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'' 1908 Archive.org<br>
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015017670491?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Tirah, 1897''] by Colonel C E Callwell 1911 Hathi Trust Digital Library. A book in the series ''Campaigns and their Lessons''.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015017670491?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Tirah, 1897''] by Colonel C E Callwell 1911 Hathi Trust Digital Library. A book in the series ''Campaigns and their Lessons''.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/campaignsonnorth00nevi#page/n5/mode/2up ''Campaigns on the North-West Frontier''] by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1912 Archive.org
*A short comment about the Tirah Campaign: [http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/108/mode/2up Page 108] ''Under Ten Viceroys: the Reminiscences of a Gurkha'' by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org
*A short comment about the Tirah Campaign: [http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/108/mode/2up Page 108] ''Under Ten Viceroys: the Reminiscences of a Gurkha'' by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reportarmymedic03unkngoog#page/n472/mode/1up "Report on the Surgical History of the Tirah Expeditionary Force 1897-98"] by Lieutenant-Colonel HR Whitehead FRCS Eng, Royal Army Medical Corps, page 457 ''Army Medical Department Report for the Year 1897 Volume 39'' 1898 Archive.org. Includes comments on the "different kinds of rifles  and guns used by the enemy and the peculiar wounds caused by each variety"
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reportarmymedic03unkngoog#page/n472/mode/1up "Report on the Surgical History of the Tirah Expeditionary Force 1897-98"] by Lieutenant-Colonel HR Whitehead FRCS Eng, Royal Army Medical Corps, page 457 ''Army Medical Department Report for the Year 1897 Volume 39'' 1898 Archive.org. Includes comments on the "different kinds of rifles  and guns used by the enemy and the peculiar wounds caused by each variety"

Revision as of 07:57, 8 March 2019

Tirah Campaign
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns
Date: 10 June 1897-April 1898
Location: Tirah, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 33.798237°N 70.135386°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Afridi & Orakzai tribesmen
Commanders
Lt Gen Sir William Lockhart
Strength
British Officers 1,010
British Troops 10,882
Indian Troops 22,614
Total 34,506
Non-combatants 19,934
40-50,000
Casualties

The Tirah Campaign took place in 1897-98.

Campaign Actions

Battle of Samana Ridge Aug-Sept 1897
Battle of Dargai Heights Oct 1897

Tirah Field Force

FIRST DIVISION

Commander: Brig-Gen William Penn Symons
First Brigade
Col I.S.M.Hamilton CB DSO
Succeeded by Brig Gen R.Hart VC CB

Second Brigade
Commander: Brig Gen A.Gaselee CB

Divisional Troops

SECOND DIVISION

Commander: Maj-Gen A G Yeatman-Biggs
Third Brigade
Brig Gen F.J.Kempster DSO

Fourth Brigade
Brig Gen R.Westmacott CB DSO

Divisional Troops

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
The 1912 edition is available online, refer below.


External links

Historical books online