Black Mountain Expedition 1891

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

Isazai (Izazai) Field Force

First Brigade
Brig Gen R.F.Williamson

• No 1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery (3 guns)
  
• No 2 Dejarat Mountain Battery (3 guns)
  
• 2nd Batt Seaforth Highlanders
  
• 4th Sikhs
  
• 32nd Bengal Infantry Pioneers
  
• 37th Dogras
  
• Guides Infantry
  

Second Brigade
Brig Gen A.G.Hammond VC DSO

• No 9 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
  
• 1st Batt Royal Welsh Fusiliers
  
• 11th Bengal Infantry (replaced end of May by 1st Batt 1st Gurkha Rifles)
  
• 32nd Bengal Infantry Pioneers
  
• 2nd Batt 5th Gurkhas
  
• Khyber Rifles
  

Third Brigade
Brig Gen Sir William Lockhart KCB CSI

• No 1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery (3 guns)
  
• One Squadron 11th Bengal Lancers
• 1st Batt King's Royal Rifles
  
• 19th Bengal Infantry
  
• 27th Bengal Infantry
  

Divisional Troops

• One Squadron 11th Bengal Lancers
• No 4 Company Bengal Sappers and Miners
  

At Aghi
*No 2 Dejarat Mountain Battery (3 guns)

• One Squadron 11th Bengal Lancers
  
• 28th Bengal Infantry
  

External Links

North West Frontier Military History Wikipedia
Black Mountain Expeditions Sussex Regiment memorial
Black Mountain Imperial Gazetteer of India

Historical Books on-line

• Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I - Black Mountain Expedition 1891 archive.org
• Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1912 archive.org