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== Campaign Actions ==
[[Battle of Kam Dakka]] 29 April 1879
== Field Force ==
== Field Force ==
FIRST EXPEDITION<br>
FIRST EXPEDITION<br>
''Capt O'Moore Creagh''<br>
''Capt O'Moore Creagh''<br>
*Two Companies [[Mhairwara Battalion]]
*Two Companies [[Mhairwara Battalion]] (140 troops)
*One Troop [[10th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)|10th Bengal Lancers]]
:*4 Native Officers
 
:*11 Non-Commissioned Officers
:*4 Drummers
:*119 Sepoys<br>
SECOND EXPEDITION<br>
SECOND EXPEDITION<br>
'''Dakka Column'''<br>''Col T.W.R.Boisragon, 30th Punjab Native Infantry''
'''Dakka Column'''<br>''Col T.W.R.Boisragon, 30th Punjab Native Infantry''

Revision as of 17:08, 4 December 2009

Mohmand Expeditions 1879-80
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date: 21-23 April 1879
15-18 January 1880
Location: Kama Daka, Afghanistan
Mohmand Agency, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.215205°N 71.118433°E
Result: Submission of tribesmen
Combatants
British & Indians Mohmand tribesmen
Commanders
1st Exped:
Capt Garrett O'Moore Creagh
2nd Exped:
Col T.W.R.Boisragon
& Brig Gen J. Doran CB
Strength
8,500
Casualties
12 killed
96 wounded

Field Force

FIRST EXPEDITION
Capt O'Moore Creagh

  • 4 Native Officers
  • 11 Non-Commissioned Officers
  • 4 Drummers
  • 119 Sepoys

SECOND EXPEDITION
Dakka Column
Col T.W.R.Boisragon, 30th Punjab Native Infantry

Landi Kotal Column
Brig Gen J.Doran CB

External Links

North West Frontier Military History Wikipedia
NWF Expeditions www.antiquesatoz.com
Record of Action Google Books
2nd Afghan War 1878-80 The British Empire
O'Moore Creagh www.findagrave.com
Garrett Creagh Dictionary of National Biography

Historical Books on-line

Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India - Mohmand Tribe www.archive.org