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== Historical books online ==
==== Historical books online ====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/storyofmalakandf00chur#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Story of the Malakand Field Force''] by Winston L Spencer Churchill.1916 First published 1898 Archive.org (A portrait of Maj Gen Bindon Blood KCB provides a frontpiece to this edition)
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/storyofmalakandf00chur#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Story of the Malakand Field Force''] by Winston L Spencer Churchill.1916 First published 1898 Archive.org (A portrait of Maj Gen Bindon Blood KCB provides a frontpiece to this edition)
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontiercampaign00dunmrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''A frontier campaign: a narrative of the operations of the Malakand and Buner field forces, 1897-1898''] by the Viscount Fincastle  and P. C. Eliott-Lockhart 2nd edition 1898 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontiercampaign00dunmrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''A frontier campaign: a narrative of the operations of the Malakand and Buner field forces, 1897-1898''] by the Viscount Fincastle  and P. C. Eliott-Lockhart 2nd edition 1898 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/campaignsonnorth00nevi#page/n5/mode/2up ''Campaigns on the North-west Frontier''] by Hugh Lewis Nevill 1912. Archive.org. “The Operations of the Malakand Field Force” commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/campaignsonnorth00nevi#page/230/mode/2up page 231]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/campaignsonnorth00nevi#page/n5/mode/2up ''Campaigns on the North-west Frontier''] by Hugh Lewis Nevill 1912. Archive.org. “The Operations of the Malakand Field Force” commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/campaignsonnorth00nevi#page/230/mode/2up page 231]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/sketchesonservic00hobdiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Sketches on service during the Indian frontier campaigns of 1897''] by Major E.A.P. Hobday. Containing fifty-seven full page engravings from original drawings, and fourteen photographic portraits of the commanding officers and their staffs.  1898 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/sketchesonservic00hobdiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Sketches on service during the Indian frontier campaigns of 1897''] by Major E.A.P. Hobday. Containing fifty-seven full page engravings from original drawings, and fourteen photographic portraits of the commanding officers and their staffs.  1898 Archive.org
*[http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/index.php?id=758 ''Isacke Diaries (1897 part 5)''] Handwritten online document. This final part of the 1897 Isacke diary covers the period 1 August until 31 December. It describes Hubert Isacke's involvement in the Malakand Field Force Expedition of July-August 1897 and also describes a long period of illness or injury and hospitalisation in India. The long voyage home includes a stop at Suez. King’s College London Collections: The Serving Soldier
*[http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/index.php?id=758 ''Isacke Diaries (1897 part 5)''] Handwritten online document. This final part of the 1897 Isacke diary covers the period 1 August until 31 December. It describes Hubert Isacke's involvement in the Malakand Field Force Expedition of July-August 1897 and also describes a long period of illness or injury and hospitalisation in India. The long voyage home includes a stop at Suez. King’s College London Collections: The Serving Soldier<br />
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/sketchesonservic00hobdiala#page/14/mode/2up Siege of Malakand and Relief of Chakdarra] archive.org


== Recommended Reading ==
== Recommended Reading ==

Revision as of 17:55, 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