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'''Divisional Troops'''
'''Divisional Troops'''
*10th Bengal Lancers (1 Squadron)
*[[10th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)|10th Bengal Lancers]] (1 Squadron)
* 11th Bengal Lancers (1 Squadron)
*[[11th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers|11th Bengal Lancers]]  (1 Squadron)
*10th Field Battery Royal Artillery
*10th Field Battery [[Royal Artillery]]
*No1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
*No1 Mountain Battery [[Royal Artillery]]
*No7 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
*No7 Mountain Battery [[Royal Artillery]]
*No8 Bengal Mountain Battery
*No8 Bengal Mountain Battery
*No3 Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners
*No3 Coy [[Bombay Sappers and Miners|Bombay Sappers & Miners]]
*No4 Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners
*No4 Coy [[Bombay Sappers and Miners|Bombay Sappers & Miners]]
*No5 Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners
*No5 Coy [[Bombay Sappers and Miners|Bombay Sappers & Miners]]
*21st Punjab Infantry
*[[21st Regiment of Punjab Infantry|21st Punjab Infantry]]
*1 Section British Field Hospital
*1 Section British Field Hospital
*2 Sections Native Field Hospitals<br>
*2 Sections Native Field Hospitals<br>

Revision as of 13:03, 6 May 2009

Malakand Field Expedition
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date: 7 August-6 December1897
Location: Malakand, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.584017°N 71.937464°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Various Swat Valley tribes
Commanders
Maj Gen Sir Bindon Blood KCB
Strength
Casualties

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

First Brigade
Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG

Second Brigade
Brig Gen P.D.Jeffries CB

Third Brigade
Brig Gen J.H.Wodehouse CB CMG

Divisional Troops

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Google Books - The Story of the Malakand Field Force

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
"The Story of The Malakand Field Force" by Winston S. Churchill
ISBN 1-60450-223-1
ISBN 978-1-60450-223-7