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{{War|name=Chin Lushai Expedition|dates=1889-90 |image= |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin_Statel Chin State], Burma and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizoram Mizoram State], India|combatant1=British |combatant2=Chin and Lushai tribesmen |result=British victory |medal=[http:// | {{War|name=Chin Lushai Expedition|dates=1889-90 |image= |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin_Statel Chin State], Burma and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizoram Mizoram State], India|combatant1=British |combatant2=Chin and Lushai tribesmen |result=British victory |medal=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_General_Service_Medal_(1854) India General Service Medal 1854]<br>Clasp: Chin Lushai 1889-90 |category=[[:Category:Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90|Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90]] |link1=}} | ||
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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Continued outrages following the [[:Category:Lushai Expedition 1871-72| expedition of 1871-72]] led to a further campaign involving columns from Chittagong and Pakokku in [[Burma]]. A series of punitive raids on Lushai and Chin villages resulted in the submission of the tribes. | Continued outrages following the [[:Category:Lushai Expedition 1871-72| expedition of 1871-72]] led to a further campaign involving columns from [[Chittagong]] and Pakokku in [[Burma]]. A series of punitive raids on Lushai and Chin villages resulted in the submission of the tribes. | ||
== Burma Field force == | == Burma Field force == | ||
''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101026898/ Brig-Gen William Symons]'' against Chin Tribes<br> | ''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101026898/ Brig-Gen William Symons]'' against Chin Tribes<br> | ||
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*Detachment Chittagong Frontier Police | *Detachment Chittagong Frontier Police | ||
== | ==Related articles== | ||
[ | *[[Occupation of Tiddim]] 1889 | ||
[ | *[[Battle of Lushai 1891]] | ||
[ | *[[Chin Hills Expedition 1892-93]] | ||
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== Historical books online == | |||
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26087/page/4931 "Field Operations, Chin -Lushai"] Operations of the Burma and Chittagong Columns of the Chin-Lushai Expeditionary Force commencing November 1889 ''The London Gazette'' 12 September 1890 issue: 26087 page: 4931 | |||
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YON9iVgsDRUC&pg=PA103&dq=Lushai+1889&as_brr=3&ei=2M30SIr6J5X8ygT61f3JCg&sig=ACfU3U2iSjpZ0sYtvHNYnksxIW-Yj5HZpA Summary of expedition] Google Books<br> | |||
*[https://archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas05indi#page/330/mode/2up "The Chin-Lushai Expeditions, 1889-90"] page 330 ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume V: Burma''. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Army Headquarters, India. 1907 Archive.org | |||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas04indi#page/248/mode/2up Lushai Operation] archive.org<br> | |||
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000005CF22#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=8&z=0%2C-282.3696%2C2778%2C2737.7391 ''Chin-Lushai Land including a Description of the Various Expeditions into the Chin-Lushai Hills and the Final Annexation of the Country''] by Surg.-Lieut.-Col. A S Reid, Indian Medical Service, Medical Officer in Charge 2nd Battalion, 4th Gurkha Rifles 1893. British Library Digital file. | |||
*''The Chin Hills: A History of the people. our dealings with them, their customs and manners, and a Gazetteer of their country'' by Bertram S Carey and H N Tuck 1896 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/chinhillsahisto01tuckgoog Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/chinhillsahisto00tuckgoog Volume II]. The digital files lack the original photographs | |||
*''War Medals and Their History'' by William Augustus Steward 1915 Archive.org | |||
**[https://archive.org/stream/warmedalstheirhi00stewrich#page/222/mode/2up Chin-Lushai 1889-90] page 222 | |||
**[https://archive.org/stream/warmedalstheirhi00stewrich#page/224/mode/2up Burma 1889-92] page 224 | |||
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[[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90]] | [[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:53, 6 January 2017
| Chin Lushai Expedition | |
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| 1889-90 | |
| Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns | |
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| Location: Chin State, Burma and Mizoram State, India | |
| Combatants: | |
| British | Chin and Lushai tribesmen |
| Result: British victory | |
| Medals: India General Service Medal 1854 Clasp: Chin Lushai 1889-90 | |
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| Category: Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90 | |
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See our interactive map of Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90 locations and routes on Google Maps | |
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Summary
Continued outrages following the expedition of 1871-72 led to a further campaign involving columns from Chittagong and Pakokku in Burma. A series of punitive raids on Lushai and Chin villages resulted in the submission of the tribes.
Burma Field force
Brig-Gen William Symons against Chin Tribes
Northern Column Colonel Skene DSO (1,622 troops)
- 1st Btn Cheshire Regiment (300)
- 42nd Gurkha Light Infantry (477)
- No 5 Coy Queen's Own Madras Sappers and Miners (95)
- 10th Bengal Infantry (460)
- 38th Bengal Infantry (260)
Southern Column Brig-Gen W P Symons (1,859 troops)
- 1st Btn King's Own Scottish Borderers (500)
- 1st Bengal Mountain Battery
- No 6 Coy Queen's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
- 2nd Battalion 4th Gurkhas
- 2nd Madras Infantry
- Burma Coy Queen's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
Chittagong Field Force
Col V W Tregear against Lushai Tribes (3,400 troops)
- 2nd Btn 2nd Gurkhas
- Wing 2nd Btn 4th Gurkhas
- 3rd Bengal Infantry
- Detachment 9th Bengal Infantry
- 28th Bombay Pioneers
- No 2 Coy Bengal Sappers and Miners
- Detachment Chittagong Frontier Police
Related articles
Historical books online
- "Field Operations, Chin -Lushai" Operations of the Burma and Chittagong Columns of the Chin-Lushai Expeditionary Force commencing November 1889 The London Gazette 12 September 1890 issue: 26087 page: 4931
- Summary of expedition Google Books
- "The Chin-Lushai Expeditions, 1889-90" page 330 Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume V: Burma. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Army Headquarters, India. 1907 Archive.org
- Lushai Operation archive.org
- Chin-Lushai Land including a Description of the Various Expeditions into the Chin-Lushai Hills and the Final Annexation of the Country by Surg.-Lieut.-Col. A S Reid, Indian Medical Service, Medical Officer in Charge 2nd Battalion, 4th Gurkha Rifles 1893. British Library Digital file.
- The Chin Hills: A History of the people. our dealings with them, their customs and manners, and a Gazetteer of their country by Bertram S Carey and H N Tuck 1896 Archive.org Volume I, Volume II. The digital files lack the original photographs
- War Medals and Their History by William Augustus Steward 1915 Archive.org
- Chin-Lushai 1889-90 page 222
- Burma 1889-92 page 224