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|partof=[[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908]]
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|date=10 June 1897-April 1898
|date=10 June 1897-April 1898
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirah Tirah, NWF]
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirah Tirah, NWF]
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bellew_Adams Lt-Col Robert Adams VC] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bellew_Adams Lt-Col Robert Adams VC] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscount,_Alexander_Edward_Murray_Fincastle Lieut Alexander Murray VC] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscount,_Alexander_Edward_Murray_Fincastle Lieut Alexander Murray VC] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.devonheritage.org/Nonplace/DevonReg/TheDevonshireRegimentandtheTirahCampaign.htm The Devonshire Regiment and the Tirah Campaign] from Devon heritage
[http://www.devonheritage.org/Nonplace/DevonReg/TheDevonshireRegimentandtheTirahCampaign.htm The Devonshire Regiment and the Tirah Campaign] from Devon heritage<br>
[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/pathan-revolt-1897.htm Pathan Revolt – 1897] Globalsecurity.org<br>
"The 1897 Revolt and Tirah Valley Operations from the Pashtun Perspective" by Robert A Johnson November 2009 Tribal Analysis Center
[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:eTsYkNo6Zm0J:www.tribalanalysiscenter.com/PDF-TAC/The%25201897%2520Revolt%2520and%2520Tirah%2520Valley%2520Operations.pdf+Pathan+Revolt+1897&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESh0X6yVOz6rEmI_wNzPJVJFqfFnINRkkH5l729HRDFWyIYOJvHVMaAFu06YmE2KEiGVQlt2c3Y2orIj7a20PEM3ih9HzDkY5Z3zT0zyXOhwXM77ILz7wJfxTfzOP-zDYRjye-oj&sig=AHIEtbQvzeiS7U1vsdwKrOo9gRhjIKnVgw html version], [http://www.tribalanalysiscenter.com/PDF-TAC/The%201897%20Revolt%20and%20Tirah%20Valley%20Operations.pdf Original pdf]
 


==== Historical books on-line ====
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://ia350641.us.archive.org//load_djvu_applet.php?file=2/items/campaignintirah00hutcgoog/campaignintirah00hutcgoog.djvu The Campaign in Tirah 1897-98 by Col H D Hutchinson] archive.org<br>
[http://www.archive.org/details/pathanrevoltinno00millrich ''The Pathan Revolt in North-West India''] by H. Woosnam Mills 1897 Archive.org<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/northwestfrontie00calcuoft#page/232/mode/2up Tirah] Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908
[http://ia350641.us.archive.org//load_djvu_applet.php?file=2/items/campaignintirah00hutcgoog/campaignintirah00hutcgoog.djvu ''The Campaign in Tirah 1897-98''] by Col H D Hutchinson archive.org (Requires a djvu plug-in).<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/northwestfrontie00calcuoft#page/232/mode/2up Tirah] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'' 1908


[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns|Tirah Campaign 1897-98]]
[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns|Tirah Campaign 1897-98]]

Revision as of 06:29, 10 February 2011

Tirah Campaign
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns
Date: 10 June 1897-April 1898
Location: Tirah, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 33.798237°N 70.135386°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Afridi & Orakzai tribesmen
Commanders
Lt Gen Sir William Lockhart
Strength
British Officers 1,010
British Troops 10,882
Indian Troops 22,614
Total 34,506
Non-combatants 19,934
40-50,000
Casualties

The Tirah Campaign took place in 1897-98.

Campaign Actions

Battle of Samana Ridge Aug-Sept 1897
Battle of Dargai Heights Oct 1897

Tirah Field Force

FIRST DIVISION

Commander: Brig-Gen William Penn Symons
First Brigade
Col I.S.M.Hamilton CB DSO
Succeeded by Brig Gen R.Hart VC CB

Second Brigade
Commander: Brig Gen A.Gaselee CB

Divisional Troops

SECOND DIVISION

Commander: Maj-Gen A G Yeatman-Biggs
Third Brigade
Brig Gen F.J.Kempster DSO

Fourth Brigade
Brig Gen R.Westmacott CB DSO

Divisional Troops

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

External Links

North West Frontier Military History Wikipedia
NWF Expeditions www.antiquesatoz.com
Tirah Campaign Wikipedia
Tirah Campaign description on roll-of-honour.com
Lieut MacLean VC Wikipedia
Lt-Col Robert Adams VC Wikipedia
Lieut Alexander Murray VC Wikipedia
The Devonshire Regiment and the Tirah Campaign from Devon heritage
Pathan Revolt – 1897 Globalsecurity.org
"The 1897 Revolt and Tirah Valley Operations from the Pashtun Perspective" by Robert A Johnson November 2009 Tribal Analysis Center html version, Original pdf


Historical books on-line

The Pathan Revolt in North-West India by H. Woosnam Mills 1897 Archive.org
The Campaign in Tirah 1897-98 by Col H D Hutchinson archive.org (Requires a djvu plug-in).
Tirah Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908