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'''First Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen R.Westmacott CB DSO''<br>1st Batt Somerset Light Infantry<br>1st Batt Devonshire Regt<br>20th Punjabis<br>2nd Batt 1st Gurkhas<br> | '''First Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen R.Westmacott CB DSO''<br>1st Batt Somerset Light Infantry<br>1st Batt Devonshire Regt<br>20th Punjabis<br>2nd Batt 1st Gurkhas<br> | ||
'''Second Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen C.R.MacGregor | '''Second Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen C.R.MacGregor DSO''<br>2nd Batt Oxfordshire Light Infantry<br>Six Companies 37th Dogras<br>9th Gurkhas<br> | ||
'''Divisional Troops'''<br>13th Bengal Lancers<br>No 3 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>No 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery<br>No 5 Company Bengal Sappers & Miners<br>28th Bombay Infantry<br>One Detachment of Jodhpur Lancers<br>1st Patiala Infantry<br>Three Maxims<br>Three Sections Native Field Hospital<br> | '''Divisional Troops'''<br>13th Bengal Lancers<br>No 3 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>No 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery<br>No 5 Company Bengal Sappers & Miners<br>28th Bombay Infantry<br>One Detachment of Jodhpur Lancers<br>1st Patiala Infantry<br>Three Maxims<br>Three Sections Native Field Hospital<br> | ||
Revision as of 20:33, 16 February 2009
| Mohmand Expedition 1897 | ||
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| Part of Punitive Expeditions | ||
| Date: | August & September 1897 | |
| Location: | Mohmand Agency, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | approx 34.510425°N 71.35459°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribesmen | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Mohmand tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Brig Gen E.R.Elles CB | ||
| Strength | ||
| 8,500 | ||
| Casualties | ||
| 12 killed 96 wounded |
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Campaign Actions
Mohmand Field Force
First Brigade
Brig Gen R.Westmacott CB DSO
1st Batt Somerset Light Infantry
1st Batt Devonshire Regt
20th Punjabis
2nd Batt 1st Gurkhas
Second Brigade
Brig Gen C.R.MacGregor DSO
2nd Batt Oxfordshire Light Infantry
Six Companies 37th Dogras
9th Gurkhas
Divisional Troops
13th Bengal Lancers
No 3 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
No 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery
No 5 Company Bengal Sappers & Miners
28th Bombay Infantry
One Detachment of Jodhpur Lancers
1st Patiala Infantry
Three Maxims
Three Sections Native Field Hospital
External Links
Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions