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The '''Malakand Field Expedition''' of 1897.


== Earlier Actions ==
== Earlier Actions ==
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''"The Story of The Malakand Field Force"'' by Winston S. Churchill <br>ISBN 1-60450-223-1<br>   
''"The Story of The Malakand Field Force"'' by Winston S. Churchill <br>ISBN 1-60450-223-1<br>   
ISBN 978-1-60450-223-7
ISBN 978-1-60450-223-7
[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Malakand Field Expedition 1897]]

Revision as of 13:21, 20 May 2009

Malakand Field Expedition
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date: 7 August-6 December1897
Location: Malakand, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.584017°N 71.937464°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Various Swat Valley tribes
Commanders
Maj Gen Sir Bindon Blood KCB
Strength
Casualties

The Malakand Field Expedition of 1897.

Earlier Actions

See also Battle of Malakand Camp 1897 and Battle of Chakdara.
These two actions resulted in the Malakand Field Expedition.

Malakand Field Force

First Brigade
Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG

Second Brigade
Brig Gen P.D.Jeffries CB

Third Brigade
Brig Gen J.H.Wodehouse CB CMG

Divisional Troops

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Google Books - The Story of the Malakand Field Force

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
"The Story of The Malakand Field Force" by Winston S. Churchill
ISBN 1-60450-223-1
ISBN 978-1-60450-223-7