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[[Category:Battles|Chakdara, Battle of]]
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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=North West Frontier Punitive Expeditions
|partof=[[Malakand Field Expedition 1897]]
|date=26 July-2 August 1897
|date=26 July-2 August 1897
|location= Chakdarra, NWF
|location= [[Chakdara]], NWF
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.638417,72.076213&z=14&t=h&hl=en 34.638417°N 72.076213°E]   
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.638417,72.076213&z=14&t=h&hl=en 34.638417°N 72.076213°E]   
|result=  
|result= Relief of fort
|territory=
|territory=
|combatant1=British Army  
|combatant1=British Army  
|combatant2=Pathans
|combatant2=Pashtun tribes
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101031930/ Brig Gen Sir Bindon Blood]
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hope_Meiklejohn Col William Meiklejohn CB CMG]
|commander2=  
|commander2= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saidullah Saidullah]
|strength1=
|strength1=
|strength2=  
|strength2=  
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|casualties2=  
}}
}}
[[Image:Malakandmap.jpg|thumb|Chakdarra 1909]]
== Chakara Defence Force ==
''Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG''
*[[45th Regiment of Sikh Infantry|45th (Rattray's) Sikhs]] (180)
*1 Squadron [[11th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers|11th Bengal Lancers]] (20)
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>
*[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Malakand#Relieving_Chakdara Wikipedia - Relief of Chakdara]
*[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH18971017.2.187# "The Hero of Chakdara’s Own Story"] ''Los Angeles Herald,'' Volume 27, Number 17, 17 October 1897. Account of Lieutenant H B Rattray of the [[45th Regiment of Sikh Infantry|45th B I (Rattray’s) Sikhs]]. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
 
==Historical Books Online ==
 
[http://www.archive.org/stream/storyofmalakandf00chur#page/n7/mode/2up The Story of the Malakand Field Force by Winston L Spencer Churchill] archive.org
 
[[Category:Battles|Chakdara, Battle of]]
[[Category:Malakand Field Expedition|Chakdara, Battle of]]

Latest revision as of 14:18, 3 August 2014

Battle of Chakdara
Part of Malakand Field Expedition 1897
Date: 26 July-2 August 1897
Location: Chakdara, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.638417°N 72.076213°E
Result: Relief of fort
Combatants
British Army Pashtun tribes
Commanders
Col William Meiklejohn CB CMG Saidullah
Strength
Casualties
Chakdarra 1909

Chakara Defence Force

Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG

External Links

Historical Books Online

The Story of the Malakand Field Force by Winston L Spencer Churchill archive.org