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[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Mahsud Expedition 1881]]
 
{{Battles_Infobox
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|partof=[[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908]]
|partof=[[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns |North West Frontier Campaigns]]
|date=16 April-22 May 1881
|date=16 April-22 May 1881
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waziristan Waziristan, NWF]
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waziristan Waziristan, NWF]
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'''Bannu Column'''<br>''Brig Gen J J H Gordon CB''
'''Bannu Column'''<br>''Brig Gen J J H Gordon CB''
*No 1 Battery 8th Brigade [[Royal Artillery]]
*No 1 Battery 8th Brigade [[Royal Artillery]]
*No 1 (Kohat) Mountain Battery (2 guns)
*Kohat Mountain Battery|No 1 (Kohat) Mountain Battery (2 guns)
*4th Batt [[The Rifle Brigade|Rifle Brigade]] (480 men)
*4th Batt [[The Rifle Brigade|Rifle Brigade]] (480 men)
*[[18th Bengal Lancers|18th Bengal Cavalry]] (326 men)
*[[18th Bengal Lancers|18th Bengal Cavalry]] (326 men)
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'''Tank Column'''<br>''Brig Gen T G Kennedy CB''
'''Tank Column'''<br>''Brig Gen T G Kennedy CB''
*No 2 (Derajat) Mountain Battery (3 guns)
*[[Dejarat Mountain Battery|No 2 (Derajat) Mountain Battery]] (3 guns)
*No 3 (Peshawar) Mountain Battery
*[[Peshawar Mountain Battery|No 3 (Peshawar) Mountain Battery]]
*No 4 (Hazara) Mountain Battery (3 guns)
*[[Hazara Mountain Battery|No 4 (Hazara) Mountain Battery]] (3 guns)
*[[1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Cavalry]] (100 men)
*[[1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Cavalry]] (100 men)
*[[4th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Punjab Cavalry]] (190 men)
*[[4th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Punjab Cavalry]] (190 men)
*8th Company [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers and Miners]] (70 men)
*8th Company [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers and Miners]] (70 men)
*1st Sikh Infantry (465 men)
*[[1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Sikh Infantry]] (465 men)
*[[4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Sikh Infantry]] (466 men)
*[[4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Sikh Infantry]] (466 men)
*[[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Infantry]] (423 men)
*[[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Infantry]] (423 men)
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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
[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns|Mahsud Expedition 1881]]

Latest revision as of 23:37, 24 April 2014

Mahsud Expedition 1881
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns
Date: 16 April-22 May 1881
Location: Waziristan, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 32.283321°N 69.54989°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Mahsud tribesmen
Commanders
Tank Column: Brig Gen T.G.Kennedy
Bannu Column: Brig Gen J.J.H.Gordon
Strength
Casualties

Field Force

Bannu Column
Brig Gen J J H Gordon CB

Tank Column
Brig Gen T G Kennedy CB

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Google Books - Mahsud Expedition

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