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[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Black Mountain Expedition 1891]]
 
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|date=12 March-2 October 1891
|date=12 March-2 October 1891
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mountain_of_Hazara Black Mountain Range, NWF]
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*[[28th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|28th Bengal Infantry]]<br>
*[[28th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|28th Bengal Infantry]]<br>


== External Links ==
== External links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 North West Frontier Military History] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 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://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
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_257.gif Black  Mountain] Imperial Gazetteer of India
*[http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19952/lot/164/ Photographs: Black Mountain or Hazara Expedition, 1891] bonhams.com. Click on the small pictures to enlarge.


==== Historical Books on-line ====
==== Historical books online ====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/168/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I - Black Mountain Expedition 1891] archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/168/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I - Black Mountain Expedition 1891] archive.org
== Recommended Reading ==
*[http://archive.org/stream/campaignsonnorth00nevi#page/n5/mode/2up Campaigns on the North-West Frontier] by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1912 archive.org
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
* Black Mountain Expedition [https://archive.org/details/khakigownautobio0000bird/page/70 Pages 71-73]  ''Khaki and Gown : an Autobiography'' by Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood 1941. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. He was with the [[11th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers|11th Bengal Lancers]] who still wore their blue kurtas on active service, probably for the last time before the colour was replaced by khaki.
[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns|Black Mountain Expedition 1891]]

Latest revision as of 03:35, 27 October 2019

Black Mountain Expedition 1891
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns
Date: 12 March-2 October 1891
Location: Black Mountain Range, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.617016°N 72.992962°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Hassanzai, Akazai, and

Chagarzai tribesmen

Commanders
Maj Gen W.K.Elles CB
Strength
7,300 British troops
Casualties

Isazai (Izazai) Field Force

First Brigade
Brig Gen R.F.Williamson

Second Brigade
Brig Gen A.G.Hammond VC DSO

Third Brigade
Brig Gen Sir William Lockhart KCB CSI

Divisional Troops

At Aghi
*No 2 Dejarat Mountain Battery (3 guns)

External links

Historical books online