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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
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In response to the proposed Macaulay Mission to Tibet the Tibetans cross the Sikkim border via the Jelep Pass and established a fortified post. The Government of India despatched a field force which won a series of engagements before the conclusion of the Anglo-Chinese Convention.
In response to the proposed Macaulay Mission to Tibet the Tibetans cross the Sikkim border via the Jelep Pass and established a fortified post. The Government of India despatched a field force which won a series of engagements before the conclusion of a peace treaty.
 
== Sikkim Field Force ==
== Sikkim Field Force ==
''Commanded by Colonel Thomas Graham RA''
'''''Commanded by Brig-Gen Thomas Graham RA'''''<br>
*[[32nd Punjab Pioneers|32nd Bengal Pioneers]] (700 men)
*[[32nd Punjab Pioneers|32nd Bengal Pioneers (Musbee Sikhs)]] (700 men) ''Lt-Col Sir Benjamin Bromhead''
*Two coys 2nd Battalion [[95th Regiment of Foot|Derbyshire Regiment]] (200 men)
*Two coys 2nd Battalion [[95th Regiment of Foot|Derbyshire Regiment]] (200 men) ''Capt Harold Wylly''
*HQ wing [[13th (Shekhawati Regiment) Bengal Native Infantry|13th Bengal Infantry]] (400 men)
*HQ wing [[13th (Shekhawati Regiment) Bengal Native Infantry|13th Bengal Infantry]] (400 men) ''Lt-Col Mitchell''
*9-1st Northern Division[[ Royal Artillery]] (4 guns)
*9-1st Northern Division[[ Royal Artillery]] (4 guns) ''Major Keith''
:Total 1300 men with artillery
*Medical Officers and Transport
== Campaign Actions ==
:Total 1300 men with artillery<br>
[[Battle of Lingtu]] 21 March<br>[[Battle of Jelep Pass]] 25 September
Reinforced August 1888 by
== External Links ==
*2nd Battalion [[95th Regiment of Foot|Derbyshire Regiment]] (200 men)  ''Lt-Col McCleverty''
[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
*2nd Battalion [[1st Gurkha Rifles|1st Regiment of Gurkhas]] (600 men) ''Lt-Col Rogers''
*9-1st Northern Division[[ Royal Artillery]] (2 guns) <br>
Reinforced October 1888 by
*One Coy [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]] ''Capt Sandbach RE''
 
== Field detachments ==
'''Lingtu Column'''
*[[32nd Punjab Pioneers|32nd Bengal Pioneers]] (300 men)
*2nd Battalion [[95th Regiment of Foot|Derbyshire Regiment]] (100 men)
*9-1st Northern Division[[ Royal Artillery]] (2 guns)<br>
'''Intchi Column'''
*2nd Battalion [[95th Regiment of Foot|Derbyshire Regiment]] (100 men)
*[[13th (Shekhawati Regiment) Bengal Native Infantry|13th Bengal Infantry]] (300 men)
*9-1st Northern Division[[ Royal Artillery]] (2 guns)
'''Reserve'''
*[[13th (Shekhawati Regiment) Bengal Native Infantry|13th Bengal Infantry]] (100 men)
*[[32nd Punjab Pioneers|32nd Bengal Pioneers]] (400 men)
 
== External links ==
[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 Sikkim Map] rootsweb.ancestry.com
 
=== Historical books online ===
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279182/mode/2up ''Report On The Sikhim Expedition''] by Lieutenant C. J. Markham 1890. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.  Full title: ''Report on the Sikkim Expedition from January 1888 to January 1890'', prepared by the Intelligence Branch of the Quartermaster General in India.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas04indi#page/50/mode/2up "General Graham’s Expedition 1888"] page 50,  ''Frontier And Overseas Expeditions From India Volume IV North and North-Eastern Frontier Tribes''. 1907 Archive.org.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ndiesecondbatta00iggugoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''The 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment in the Sikkim Expedition of 1888''] by Herbert Augustus Iggulden 1900 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.31280/page/5/mode/2up "A North-East Frontier Cemetery"] by W J Buchanan page 6, ''Bengal, Past and Present'' Vol 9 July-Dec 1914. Gnatong on the trade route from Sikkhim to Tibet. Archive.org, mirror from ASI/IGNCA. Mentions the [[88th Regiment of Foot|Connaught Rangers]] soldiers in the cemetery, whose role is  briefly covered in [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279182/page/n69/mode/2up?q=Connaught+Rangers Markham's 1890 ''Report''] Archive.org.
 
 


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Latest revision as of 02:36, 23 November 2020

Sikkim Expedition
1888
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
Location: Sikkim
Combatants:
British Field Force Tibetans
Result: British victory
Medals: India General Service medal
Clasp: Sikkim 1888
Links:
Category: Sikkim Expedition 1888
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Sikkim Expedition 1888
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Summary

In response to the proposed Macaulay Mission to Tibet the Tibetans cross the Sikkim border via the Jelep Pass and established a fortified post. The Government of India despatched a field force which won a series of engagements before the conclusion of the Anglo-Chinese Convention.

Sikkim Field Force

Commanded by Brig-Gen Thomas Graham RA

Total 1300 men with artillery

Reinforced August 1888 by

Reinforced October 1888 by

Field detachments

Lingtu Column

Intchi Column

Reserve

External links

Sikkim Expedition Medals and Their History - Google Books
Sikkim Expedition Britain and Tibet 1765-1947 - Google Books
Sikkim Map rootsweb.ancestry.com

Historical books online