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[[Category:Battles]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[North West Frontier Campaigns]]
|date=3-22 October 1868
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mountain_of_Hazara Black Mountain Range, NWF]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.617016,72.992962&z=11&t=h&hl=en 34.617016°N 72.992962°E] 
|result= Submission of tribes
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassanzai Hassanzai tribesmen]
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101029396/ Brig Gen Alfred Wilde]
|commander2=
|strength1= 12,500 British troops
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
 
A complete account of the expedition is given in the ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I'' referenced below. Involvement of the 19th Foot can be found in the [[19th_Regiment_of_Foot#1866-71|19th Foot article]].  A list of 19th Foot officers serving in the campaign is also available ([[19th_Regiment_of_Foot#The_Hazara_Roll_-_1868_List_of_Officers|The Hazara Roll]]).
 
==Field Force==
'''First Brigade'''<br>Brig Gen R.O.Bright<br>
1st Battalion [[19th Regiment of Foot]]<br>
[[8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|20th Punjab Native Infantry]]<br>
 
'''Second Brigade'''<br>Brig Gen J.L.Vaughan CB<br>
1st Battalion [[6th Regiment of Foot]]<br>
[[3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Sikh Infantry]]<br>
[[2nd Gurkha Rifles]]<br>
'''Divisional Troops & Reserve'''<br>
S Battery [[Royal Horse Artillery]]<br>
19th [[Royal Artillery]]<br>
24th [[Royal Artillery]]<br>
[[Hazara Mountain Battery]]<br>
[[16th Bengal Cavalry]] (188 men)<br>
[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guides Cavalry]] (131 men)<br>
Detachment Telegraph Sappers<br>
[[2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Infantry]]<br>
[[4th Gurkha Rifles]]<br>
[[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Gurkha Regiment]]<br>
Levies & Police (518 men)<br>
 
''At Darband''<br>
[[38th Regiment of Foot]]<br>
[[9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)|9th Bengal  Cavalry]]<br>
[[31st Regiment of Punjab Infantry|31st Punjab Native Infantry]]<br>
 
== External links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1859-1878 North West Frontier Military History] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/EastbourneSussexRegimentMemorial.html#BlackMountain Black Mountain Expeditions] Sussex Regiment memorial<br>
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_257.gif Black  Mountain] Imperial Gazetteer of India<br>
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/blackmountain1868.htm Black Mountain Expedition 1868] www.britishempire.co.uk
==== Historical books online ====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/110/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I - Black Mountain Expedition 1868] archive.org
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=s1MuAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA66 Black Mountain Campaign 1868] page 66 ''The administration of India from 1859-1868: the first ten years of Administration under the Crown, Volume 2'' by Iltudus Thomas Prichard 1869 Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/campaignsonnorth00nevi#page/64/mode/2up "Black Mountain Expedition, 1868"] page 64 ''Campaigns on the North-West Frontier'' by Capt H.L. Nevill DSO 1912 Archive.org
 
 
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