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[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Tochi Valley Expedition 1897-98]]
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|partof=[[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns |North West Frontier Campaigns ]]
|date=28  June 1897-January 1898
|date=28  June 1897-January 1898
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tochi_Valley Tochi Valley],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Waziristan North Waziristan], NWF
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== Cause of Expedition ==
== Cause of Expedition ==
[[Battle of Maizar]] 10 June
[[Battle of Maizar 1897]] 10 June


== Tochi Field Force ==
== Tochi Field Force ==
'''First Brigade'''<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101032986/ ''Lt-Col Charles Egerton CB DSO ADC'']<br>1st Punjab Cavalry (1 squadron)<br>No 3 (Peshawar) Mountain Battery<br>No 2 Coy Bengal Sappers & Miners<br>2nd Batt Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders<br>1st Sikh Infantry<br>1st Punjab Infantry<br>33rd Bengal Infantry<br>
'''First Brigade'''<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101032986/ ''Lt-Col Charles Egerton CB DSO ADC'']
*[[1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Cavalry]] (1 squadron)
*No 3 (Peshawar) Mountain Battery
*No 2 Coy [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
*2nd Batt [[93rd Regiment of Foot|Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders]]
*[[1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Sikh Infantry]]
*[[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Infantry]]
*[[33rd Punjab Regiment of Infantry|33rd Bengal Infantry]]<br>


'''Second Brigade'''<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101026898/ ''Brig Gen W.P.Symons CB'']<br>1st Punjab Cavalry (1 squadron)<br>No 6 (Bombay) Mountain Battery (4 guns)<br>3rd Batt Rifle Brigade<br>6th Jat Light Infantry<br>14th Bengal Infantry<br>25th Bengal Infantry<br>
'''Second Brigade'''<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101026898/ ''Brig Gen W.P.Symons CB'']
*[[1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Cavalry]] (1 squadron)
*No 6 (Bombay) Mountain Battery (4 guns)
*3rd Batt [[The Rifle Brigade]]
*[[6th Regiment of Jat Light Infantry|6th Jat Light Infantry]]
*[[14th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|14th Bengal Infantry]]
*[[25th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|14th Bengal Infantry]]<br>


One British & three Native Field Hospitals
One British & three Native Field Hospitals


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1849-1858 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1849-1858 North West Frontier Military History] Wikipedia<br />
[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions] www.antiquesatoz.com


[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]
===Historical books online===
Also see [[ North West Frontier Campaigns#Historical books online| North West Frontier Campaigns-Historical books online]]
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26889/page/4989 "Field Operations - Tochi"]. ''The London Gazette'' Tuesday September 7, 1897
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/riflebrigadechr02owngoog#page/n130/mode/2up "The Tochi Valley Expedition 1897"], page 113 ''The Rifle Brigade Chronicle for 1897'' (1898) Archive.org
 
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[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns|Tochi Valley Expedition 1897-98]]

Latest revision as of 03:48, 25 July 2014

Tochi Valley Expedition 1897-98
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns
Date: 28 June 1897-January 1898
Location: Tochi Valley,North Waziristan, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: approx 32.990382°N 70.069668°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
Tochi Field Force Madda Khel tribesmen
Commanders
Maj Gen George Corrie-Bird
Strength
Casualties

Cause of Expedition

Battle of Maizar 1897 10 June

Tochi Field Force

First Brigade
Lt-Col Charles Egerton CB DSO ADC

Second Brigade
Brig Gen W.P.Symons CB

One British & three Native Field Hospitals

External Links

North West Frontier Military History Wikipedia
NWF Expeditions www.antiquesatoz.com

Historical books online

Also see North West Frontier Campaigns-Historical books online

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