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== 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]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SRwabd8SRVwC&pg=PA9&dq=Contents+malakand# | [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]<br> | ||
== Historical books Online == | |||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SRwabd8SRVwC&pg=PA9&dq=Contents+malakand#v=onepage&q=Contents%20malakand&f=false ''The Story of the Malakand Field Force by Winston S Churchill''] google books. | |||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/storyofmalakandf00chur#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Story of the Malakand Field Force by Winston L Spencer Churchill''] archive.org. (A portrait of Maj Gen Bindon Blood KCB provides a frontpiece to this edition) | |||
== Recommended Reading == | == Recommended Reading == | ||
Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 <br>Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0<br> | Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 <br>Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0<br> | ||
[[Category:Malakand Field Expedition| Malakand Field Expedition]] | [[Category:Malakand Field Expedition| Malakand Field Expedition]] | ||
[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Malakand Field Expedition 1897]] | [[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Malakand Field Expedition 1897]] | ||
Revision as of 09:53, 19 January 2010
| Malakand Field Expedition | |
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| 7 August-6 December 1897 | |
| Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns | |
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| Location: Malakand, NWF | |
| Combatants: | |
| British & Indians | Various Swat Valley tribes |
| Result: Submission of tribes | |
| Medals: India General Service Medal (1895-1902) Clasps: Malakand 1897 | |
| Links: | |
| Category: North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908 | |
Summary
Increasing unrest culminated in a general uprising under a Pashtun fakir named Saidullah. The British forces at Malakand Camp and Chakdara were attacked but were relieved by forces from Nowshera. The Malakand Field Force fought a series of actions pushing into the Swat and Mohmand Valleys.
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
Commanded by Maj Gen Sir Bindon Blood KCB
First Brigade
Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG
Second Brigade
Brig Gen P.D.Jeffreys CB
Third Brigade
Brig Gen J.H.Wodehouse CB CMG
- 1st Batt Royal West Surrey Regt
- 2nd Batt Highland Light Infantry
- 22nd Punjab Infantry
- 39th Garhwal Rifles
Divisional Troops
- 10th Bengal Lancers (1 Squadron)
- 11th Bengal Lancers (1 Squadron)
- 10th Field Battery Royal Artillery
- No1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
- No7 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
- No8 Bengal Mountain Battery
- No3 Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners
- No4 Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners
- No5 Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners
- 21st Punjab Infantry
- 1 Section British Field Hospital
- 2 Sections Native Field Hospitals
External Links
Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Historical books Online
The Story of the Malakand Field Force by Winston S Churchill google books.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force by Winston L Spencer Churchill archive.org. (A portrait of Maj Gen Bindon Blood KCB provides a frontpiece to this edition)
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