Black Mountain Expedition 1891: Difference between revisions

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Black Mountain Expedition 1891
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date:	12 March-2 October 1891
Location:	Black Mountain Range, NWF
Presidency:	Bengal
Co-ordinates:	34.617016°N 72.992962°E
Result:	Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians	Hassanzai, Akazai, and Chagarzai tribesmen
Commanders
Maj Gen W.K.Elles CB
Strength
7,300 British troops
Casualties

First Brigade
Brig Gen R.F.Williamson

Second Brigade
Brig Gen A.G.Hammond VC DSO

Third Brigade
Brig Gen Sir William Lockhart KCB CSI

Divisional Troops

At Aghi
*No2 (Dejarat) Mountain Battery (3 guns)

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 '''Third Brigade'''<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101016910/ Brig Gen Sir William Lockhart KCB CSI]<br>
 *No 1 Mountain Battery [[Royal Artillery]] (3 guns)<br>
-*One Squadron [[11th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers|11th Bengal Lancers]]<br>
+*One Squadron [[11th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers|11th Bengal Lancers]]
 *1st Batt [[60th Regiment of Foot|King's Royal Rifles]]<br>
 *[[19th Regiment of Bengal Infantry (Punjabis)|19th Bengal Infantry]]<br>
 *[[27th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|27th Bengal Infantry]]<br>
-'''Divisional Troops'''<br>*One Squadron 11th Bengal Lancers<br>(see [[11th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers]])<br>*No 4 Company [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]<br>
+'''Divisional Troops'''
+*One Squadron [[11th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers|11th Bengal Lancers]]
+*No 4 Company [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]<br>
 '''At Aghi'''<br>*No2 (Dejarat) Mountain Battery (3 guns)<br>