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[[Category:Battles|Thanishpa, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=North West Frontier Punitive Expeditions
|partof=[[Zhob Valley Expedition 1890-91]]
|date=October-November 1890
|date=October-November 1890
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhob Zhob Valley, NWF]
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhob_District Zhob Valley], NWF
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]  
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.359887,69.463399&z=11&t=h&hl=en approx 31.359887°N 69.463399°E]   
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.359887,69.463399&z=11&t=h&hl=en approx 31.359887°N 69.463399°E]   
|result=  
|result=  
|territory=
|territory=
|combatant1=British: Zhob Valley Field Force  
|combatant1=British: Zhob Valley Field Force  
|combatant2=Khiddarzai tribesmen
|combatant2=Khiddarzai [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirani Shirani] tribesmen
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_White  Maj Gen Sir George White]
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_White  Maj Gen Sir George White]
|commander2=
|commander2=
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'''This event was part of the [[Zhob Valley Expedition 1890-91]]'''


"......Zhob Valley expedition of October & November 1890 under Sir
== External Links ==
George White (later C-In-C in India). The aim of the expedition was to
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 North West Frontier Military History] Wikipedia<br>
survey some of the mountainous terrain in Baluchistan on the North West
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101036860/  Sir Geoge White] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography<br>
Frontier as well as to test, and demonstrate to the local tribespeople, the
[http://books.google.com/books?id=HvE_Pa_ZlfsC&pg=PA361&lpg=PA361&dq=Khiddarzai&source=web&ots=8BA26phv_y&sig=Ej1WAbAfPBY60bGdBQ7alpDONXo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result Reference to Zhob Valley Expedition] Google Books
endurance and enterprise of the troops in some potentially difficult and
hostile terrain and generally to make the British presence felt. They met
with very little opposition and suffered minimum losses in what amounted to
a largely 'explorative rather than militant' expedition. (Sir George White
in his report to the Indian Government.)


Troops making up the Field force were -
[[Category:Battles|Thanishpa, Battle of]]
 
No.7 Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery<br>
2nd Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (B,C,E,& F,Companies)<br>
18th Bengal Lancers<br>
No.1 Company, Bombay Sappers & Miners<br>
2nd & 3rd Battalions of Beluchis (2 sections of the 29th & 30th Bombay Infantry)<br>
2 sections of the British Field Hospital<br>
2 sections of the 24th British Field Hospital<br>
3 sections of the 25th Native Field Hospitals<br>
(Men in the Native Infantry battalions totalled 550)"<br>[http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2001-05/0990361784 Rootsweb posting]
 
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101036860/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Sir Geoge White]

Latest revision as of 15:02, 21 August 2010

Battle of Thanishpa
Part of Zhob Valley Expedition 1890-91
Date: October-November 1890
Location: Zhob Valley, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: approx 31.359887°N 69.463399°E
Result:
Combatants
British: Zhob Valley Field Force Khiddarzai Shirani tribesmen
Commanders
Maj Gen Sir George White
Strength
Casualties

This event was part of the Zhob Valley Expedition 1890-91

External Links

North West Frontier Military History Wikipedia
Sir Geoge White Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Reference to Zhob Valley Expedition Google Books

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