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== Mohmand Field Force ==
== Mohmand Field Force ==
'''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''
*1st Batt [[13th Regiment of Foot|Somerset Light Infantry]]
*1st Batt [[11th Regiment of Foot|Devonshire Regt]]
* [[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Punjabis]]
*2nd Batt [[1st Gurkha Rifles|1st Gurkhas]]<br>


'''Second Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen C.R.MacGregor DSO''<br>2nd Batt Oxfordshire Light Infantry<br>Six Companies 37th Dogras<br>9th Gurkhas<br>
'''Second Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen C.R.MacGregor DSO''
*2nd Batt Oxfordshire Light Infantry
*Six Companies 37th Dogras
*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'''
*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<br>
   
   


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]

Revision as of 16:23, 12 May 2009

Mohmand Expedition 1897
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908A
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
Mohmand Territory 1909

Campaign Actions

Battle of Shabkadar Fort

Mohmand Field Force

First Brigade
Brig Gen R.Westmacott CB DSO

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