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| [[Category:Minor Campaigns|Sikkim Expedition 1888]] | | For details see main article '''[[Sikkim Expedition 1888]]''' |
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| |partof=[[:Category:Minor Campaigns|Minor Campaigns]]
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| |date=21 March-September 1888
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| |location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikkim Sikkim]
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| |presidency=Bengal
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| |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=27.266429,88.799873&z=13&t=h&hl=en 27.266429°N 88.799873°E]
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| |result=British victory
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| |territory=
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| |combatant1=Sikkim Field Force
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| |combatant2= Tibetans
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| |commander1= Col Thomas Graham
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| |commander2=
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| |strength1=1,300 men<br>4 guns
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| |strength2= 10,000
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| |casualties1=
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| == Field Force ==
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| *Goorkhas
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| *32nd Bengal Pioneers
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| *Two coys 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment
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| == Campaign Actions ==
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| [[Battle of Lingtu]] 21 March<br>[[Battle of Jelep Pass]] 25 September
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| == External Links ==
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| [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=y8ThjBJrWVUC&pg=PA220&dq=Sikkim+Field+Force&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Sikkim%20Field%20Force&f=false Sikkim Expedition] Medals and Their History - Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SZD9--xYamkC&pg=PA212&dq=Sikkim+1888&as_brr=3&ei=ZIDzSOGXCZGssgP47JRG&sig=ACfU3U3EWGve0agO4DiADca0cX94AUi3Qw#PPA212,M1 Sikkim Expedition] Britain and Tibet 1765-1947 - Google Books<br>[http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/images/Bengalmap8bit(4).JPG Slkkim Map] rootsweb.ancestry.com
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Latest revision as of 18:06, 25 November 2009
For details see main article Sikkim Expedition 1888
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