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== Malakand Field Force ==
== Malakand Field Force ==
''Commanded by [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101031930/ Maj Gen Sir Bindon Blood KCB]''<br>
''Commanded by [[Bindon Blood|Maj Gen Sir Bindon Blood KCB]]''<br>
'''First Brigade'''<br>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hope_Meiklejohn Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG]''
'''First Brigade'''<br>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hope_Meiklejohn Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG]''
*[[50th Regiment of Foot|1st Batt Royal West Kent Regt]]
*[[50th Regiment of Foot|1st Batt Royal West Kent Regt]]

Revision as of 15:59, 23 October 2011

Malakand Field Expedition
7 August-6 December 1897
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
Location: Malakand, NWF
Combatants:
British & Indians Various Swat Valley tribes
Result:
Submission of tribes
Medals:
India General Service Medal (1895-1902)
Clasps: Malakand 1897
Links:
Category: North West Frontier Campaigns


Summary

Increasing unrest culminated in a general uprising under a Pashtun fakir named Saidullah. The British forces at Malakand Camp and Chakdara were attacked but were relieved by forces from Nowshera. The Malakand Field Force fought a series of actions pushing into the Swat and Mohmand Valleys.

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

Commanded by Maj Gen Sir Bindon Blood KCB
First Brigade
Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG

Second Brigade
Brig Gen P.D.Jeffreys CB

Third Brigade
Brig Gen J.H.Wodehouse CB CMG

Divisional Troops

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Malakand Field Force Queensroyalsurreys.org

Historical books online

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