Chitral Campaign

Chitral Campaign
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date:	1 April-15 May 1895
Location:	Chitral, NWF
Presidency:	Bengal
Co-ordinates:	35.886041°N 71.797177°E
Result:	Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians	Chitrali tribesmen
Commanders
Brig Gen Sir Robert Low
Strength
15,249
Casualties
21 killed 101 wounded

Campaign Actions

Siege and Relief of Chitral
Battle of Malakand Pass

Chitral Relief Force

First Brigade
Brig Gen A.A.Kinloch CB

• 1st Batt Bedfordshire Regt
  (see 16th Regiment of Foot)
• 1st Batt King's Royal Rifles
  (see 60th Regiment of Foot)
• 15th Sikhs
  (see 15th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry)
• 37th Dogras
  (see 37th Regiment of Dogra Infantry)
  

Second Brigade
Brig Gen H.G.Waterfield

• 1st Batt King's Own Scottish Borderers
  (see 25th Regiment of Foot)
• 1st Batt Gordon Highlanders
  (see 100th Regiment of Foot)
• 4th Sikhs
  (see 4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force)
• Guides Infantry
  (see Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force)

Third Brigade
Brig Gen W.F.Gatacre DSO

• 1st Batt East Kent Regt
  (see 3rd Regiment of Foot)
• 2nd Batt Seaforth Highlanders
  (see 72nd Regiment of Foot)
• 25th Punjab Infantry
  (see 25th Regiment of Punjab Infantry)
• 2nd Batt 4th Gurkha Rifles
  

Divisional Troops

• 11th Bengal Lancers
  (see 11th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers)
• 15th Field Battery Royal Artillery
• 3rd Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
• 8th Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
• No2 Dejarat Mountain Battery
• 3 Companies Sappers & Miners
• Engineer Field Park
• Half British Field Hospital
• 2 Native Field Hospitals
• No1 Veterinary Field Hospital
• Maxim Gun Detachment 1st Batt Devonshire Regt
  (see 11th Regiment of Foot)
  

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Google Books - Chitral Campaign

Recommended Reading

Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916
Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005
ISBN 1-845741-87-0