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'''Second Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen C.R.MacGregor DSO''
'''Second Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen C.R.MacGregor DSO''
*2nd Batt Oxfordshire Light Infantry
*2nd Batt [[52nd Regiment of Foot|Oxfordshire Light Infantry]]
*Six Companies 37th Dogras
*Six Companies [[37th Regiment of Dogra Infantry|37th Dogras]]
*9th Gurkhas<br>
*9th Gurkhas<br>



Revision as of 17:44, 12 May 2009

Mohmand Expedition 1897
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908A
Date: August & September 1897
Location: Mohmand Agency, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: approx 34.510425°N 71.35459°E
Result: Submission of tribesmen
Combatants
East India Company Mohmand tribesmen
Commanders
Brig Gen E.R.Elles CB
Strength
8,500
Casualties
12 killed
96 wounded
Mohmand Territory 1909

Campaign Actions

Battle of Shabkadar Fort

Mohmand Field Force

First Brigade
Brig Gen R.Westmacott CB DSO

Second Brigade
Brig Gen C.R.MacGregor DSO

Divisional Troops

  • 13th Bengal Lancers
  • No 3 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
  • No 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery
  • No 5 Company Bengal Sappers & Miners
  • 28th Bombay Infantry
  • One Detachment of Jodhpur Lancers
  • 1st Patiala Infantry
  • Three Maxims
  • Three Sections Native Field Hospital


External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions