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[[Category:Battles|Jelep Pass, Battle of]]
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|partof=[[Sikkim Expedition 1888-90]]
|partof=[[:Category:Minor Campaigns|Sikkim Expedition 1888-90]]
|date=25 September 1888
|date=25 September 1888
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelepla_Pass Jelep La,] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikkim Sikkim]  
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|combatant2= Tibetans
|combatant2= Tibetans
|commander1= Col Thomas Graham
|commander1= Brig-Gen Thomas Graham
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== Field Detachment ==
'''Left Column'''<br>
''Brig-Gen Thomas Graham''
*One Coy 2nd Battalion [[1st Gurkha Rifles|1st Gurkha Regiment]] (advanced guard)
*Two Coys 2nd Battalion [[1st Gurkha Rifles|1st Gurkha Regiment]]
*9-1st Northern Division [[Royal Artillery]] (4 guns)
*Three Coys and HQ 2nd Battalion [[95th Regiment of Foot|Derbyshire Regiment]]<br>
'''Centre Column'''<br>
''Lt-Col Sir B P Bromhead''<br>
*Three Coys [[32nd Punjab Pioneers|32nd Bengal Pioneers]]<br>
'''Right Column'''<br>
''Maj H C Hackett''
*One Coy 2nd Battalion [[95th Regiment of Foot|Derbyshire Regiment]]
*Two Coys [[32nd Punjab Pioneers|32nd Bengal Pioneers]]
*Two Fort guns (worked by Pioneers)
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SZD9--xYamkC&pg=PA212&dq=Sikkim+1888&as_brr=3&ei=ZIDzSOGXCZGssgP47JRG&sig=ACfU3U3EWGve0agO4DiADca0cX94AUi3Qw#PPA212,M1  Google Books - Sikkim Expedition]
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SZD9--xYamkC&pg=PA212&dq=Sikkim+1888&as_brr=3&ei=ZIDzSOGXCZGssgP47JRG&sig=ACfU3U3EWGve0agO4DiADca0cX94AUi3Qw#PPA212,M1  Sikkim Expedition] Google Books<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/ndiesecondbatta00iggugoog#page/n132/mode/1up Brig Graham's Despatch] archive.org
 
[[Category:Battles|Jelep Pass, Battle of]]
[[Category:Sikkim Expedition 1888|Jelep Pass, Battle of]]

Latest revision as of 13:02, 27 November 2009

Battle of Jelep Pass
Part of Sikkim Expedition 1888-90
Date: 25 September 1888
Location: Jelep La, Sikkim
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 27.413377°N 88.824591°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
Sikkim Field Force Tibetans
Commanders
Brig-Gen Thomas Graham
Strength
Casualties

Field Detachment

Left Column
Brig-Gen Thomas Graham

Centre Column
Lt-Col Sir B P Bromhead

Right Column
Maj H C Hackett

External Links

Sikkim Expedition Google Books
Brig Graham's Despatch archive.org