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|date=12 March-2 October 1891
 
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mountain_of_Hazara Black Mountain Range, NWF]
 
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mountain_of_Hazara Black Mountain Range, NWF]
 
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
 
|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]   
 
|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]   
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|result= Submission of tribes
 
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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
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|combatant1=British & Indians
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|combatant2=Black Mountain tribesmen
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|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassanzai Hassanzai], Akazai, and
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|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101016910/ Maj Gen Sir William Lockhart]
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Chagarzai tribesmen
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|commander1=Maj Gen W.K.Elles CB
 
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|strength1= 7,300 British troops
 
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== External Links ==
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_257.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India - Black Mountain]
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==Isazai (Izazai) Field Force==
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'''First Brigade'''<br>Brig Gen R.F.Williamson<br>
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*No 1 Mountain Battery [[Royal Artillery]] (3 guns)<br>
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*[[Dejarat Mountain Battery|No 2 Dejarat Mountain Battery]] (3 guns)<br>
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*2nd Batt [[72nd Regiment of Foot|Seaforth Highlanders]]<br>
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*[[4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Sikhs]]<br>
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*[[32nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|32nd Bengal Infantry Pioneers]]<br>
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*[[37th Regiment of Dogra Infantry|37th Dogras]]<br>
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*[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guides Infantry]]<br>
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'''Second Brigade'''<br>Brig Gen A.G.Hammond VC DSO<br>
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*No 9 Mountain Battery [[Royal Artillery]]<br>
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*1st Batt [[23rd Regiment of Foot|Royal Welsh Fusiliers]]<br>
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*[[11th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|11th Bengal Infantry]] (replaced end of May by 1st Batt [[1st Gurkha Rifles]])<br>
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*[[32nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|32nd Bengal Infantry Pioneers]]<br>
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*2nd Batt [[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Gurkhas]]<br>
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*[[Khyber Rifles]]<br>
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'''Third Brigade'''<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101016910/ Brig Gen Sir William Lockhart KCB CSI]<br>
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*No 1 Mountain Battery [[Royal Artillery]] (3 guns)<br>
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*One Squadron [[11th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers|11th Bengal Lancers]]
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*1st Batt [[60th Regiment of Foot|King's Royal Rifles]]<br>
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*[[19th Regiment of Bengal Infantry (Punjabis)|19th Bengal Infantry]]<br>
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*[[27th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|27th Bengal Infantry]]<br>
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'''Divisional Troops'''
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*One Squadron [[11th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers|11th Bengal Lancers]]
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*No 4 Company [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]<br>
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'''At Aghi'''<br>*No 2 [[Dejarat Mountain Battery]] (3 guns)<br>
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*One Squadron [[11th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers|11th Bengal Lancers]]<br>
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*[[28th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|28th Bengal Infantry]]<br>
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== External links ==
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 North West Frontier Military History] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/EastbourneSussexRegimentMemorial.html#BlackMountain Black Mountain Expeditions] Sussex Regiment memorial<br>
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_257.gif Black  Mountain] Imperial Gazetteer of India
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*[http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19952/lot/164/ Photographs: Black Mountain or Hazara Expedition, 1891] bonhams.com. Click on the small pictures to enlarge.
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==== Historical books online ====
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/168/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I - Black Mountain Expedition 1891] archive.org
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*[http://archive.org/stream/campaignsonnorth00nevi#page/n5/mode/2up Campaigns on the North-West Frontier] by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1912 archive.org
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* 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.
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[[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

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