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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 North West Frontier Military History] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 North West Frontier Military History] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/EastbourneSussexRegimentMemorial.html#BlackMountain Black Mountain Expeditions] Sussex Regiment memorial<br>
*[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/EastbourneSussexRegimentMemorial.html#BlackMountain Black Mountain Expeditions] Sussex Regiment memorial<br>
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_257.gif Black  Mountain] Imperial Gazetteer of India
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_257.gif Black  Mountain] Imperial Gazetteer of India
*[http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19952/lot/164/ Photographs: Black Mountain or Hazara Expedition, 1891] bonhams.com. Click on the small pictures to enlarge.


==== Historical Books on-line ====
==== Historical Books on-line ====

Revision as of 08:12, 25 August 2013

Black Mountain Expedition 1891
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns
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

Second Brigade
Brig Gen A.G.Hammond VC DSO

Third Brigade
Brig Gen Sir William Lockhart KCB CSI

Divisional Troops

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

External Links

Historical Books on-line