Black Mountain Expedition 1891

Black Mountain Expedition 1891
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
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 Field Force

First Brigade
Brig Gen R.F.Williamson
No1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery (3 guns)
No2 (Dejarat) Mountain Battery Royal Artillery (3 guns)
2nd Batt Seaforth Highlanders
(see 72nd Regiment of Foot)
4th Sikhs
(see 4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force)
32nd Bengal Infantry Pioneers
(see 32nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry)
37th Dogras
Guides Infantry

Second Brigade
Brig Gen A.G.Hammond VC DSO
No9 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
1st Batt Royal Welsh Fusiliers
11th Bengal Infantry (replaced end of May by 1st Batt 1st Gurkhas)
32nd Bengal Infantry Pioneers
2nd Batt 5th Gurkhas
Khyber Rifles

Third Brigade
Brig Gen Sir William Lockhart KCB CSI
No1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery (3 guns)
One Squadron 11th Bengal Lancers
1st Batt King's Royal Rifles
19th Bengal Infantry
(see 19th Regiment of Bengal Infantry (Punjabis))
27th Bengal Infantry

Divisional Troops
One Squadron 11th Bengal Lancers
No4 Company Bengal Sappers & Miners

At Aghi
No2 (Dejarat) Mountain Battery (3 guns)
One Squadron 11th Bengal Lancers
28th Bengal Infantry

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
Sussex Regiment memorial - Black Mountain Expeditions
Imperial Gazetteer of India - Black Mountain

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