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No 9 Mountain Battery [[Royal Artillery]]<br> | No 9 Mountain Battery [[Royal Artillery]]<br> | ||
1st Batt [[23rd Regiment of Foot|Royal Welsh Fusiliers]]<br> | 1st Batt [[23rd Regiment of Foot|Royal Welsh Fusiliers]]<br> | ||
11th Bengal Infantry (replaced end of May by 1st Batt 1st | 11th Bengal Infantry (replaced end of May by 1st Batt [[1st Gurkha Rifles]])<br> | ||
[[32nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|32nd Bengal Infantry Pioneers]]<br> | [[32nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|32nd Bengal Infantry Pioneers]]<br> | ||
2nd Batt [[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Gurkhas]]<br> | 2nd Batt [[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Gurkhas]]<br> | ||
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'''Third Brigade'''<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101016910/ Brig Gen Sir William Lockhart KCB CSI]<br> | '''Third Brigade'''<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101016910/ Brig Gen Sir William Lockhart KCB CSI]<br> | ||
No 1 Mountain Battery [[Royal Artillery]] (3 guns)<br> | No 1 Mountain Battery [[Royal Artillery]] (3 guns)<br> | ||
One Squadron | One Squadron [[11th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers|11th Bengal Lancers]]<br> | ||
1st Batt King's Royal Rifles<br> | 1st Batt [[60th Regiment of Foot|King's Royal Rifles]]<br> | ||
[[19th Regiment of Bengal Infantry (Punjabis)|19th Bengal Infantry]]<br> | |||
27th Bengal Infantry<br> | 27th Bengal Infantry<br> | ||
Revision as of 20:43, 16 April 2009
| Black Mountain Expedition 1891 | ||
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| 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
No 1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery (3 guns)
No 2 (Dejarat) Mountain Battery Royal Artillery (3 guns)
2nd Batt Seaforth Highlanders
4th Sikhs
32nd Bengal Infantry Pioneers
37th Dogras
Guides Infantry
Second Brigade
Brig Gen A.G.Hammond VC DSO
No 9 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
1st Batt Royal Welsh Fusiliers
11th Bengal Infantry (replaced end of May by 1st Batt 1st Gurkha Rifles)
32nd Bengal Infantry Pioneers
2nd Batt 5th Gurkhas
Khyber Rifles
Third Brigade
Brig Gen Sir William Lockhart KCB CSI
No 1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery (3 guns)
One Squadron 11th Bengal Lancers
1st Batt King's Royal Rifles
19th Bengal Infantry
27th Bengal Infantry
Divisional Troops
One Squadron 11th Bengal Lancers
(see 11th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers)
No4 Company Bengal Sappers & Miners
At Aghi
No2 (Dejarat) Mountain Battery (3 guns)
One Squadron 11th Bengal Lancers
(see 11th (The Prince of Wales's Own) 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