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*2nd Batt [[4th Gurkha Rifles]]<br>
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'''Divisional Troops'''<br>11th Bengal Lancers<br>15th Field Battery Royal Artillery<br>3rd Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>8th Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>No2 Dejarat Mountain Battery<br>3 Companies Sappers & Miners<br>Engineer Field Park<br>Half British Field Hospital<br>2 Native Field Hospitals<br>No1 Veterinary Field Hospital<br>Mazim Gun Detachment 1st Batt Devonshire Regt<br>
'''Divisional Troops'''<br>
*11th Bengal Lancers<br>(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<br>(see [[11th Regiment of Foot]])<br>


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Revision as of 17:18, 7 April 2009

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

Second Brigade
Brig Gen H.G.Waterfield

Third Brigade
Brig Gen W.F.Gatacre DSO

Divisional Troops

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