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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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Malakand#Relieving_Chakdara Wikipedia - Relief of Chakdara]
*[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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Malakand#Relieving_Chakdara Wikipedia - Relief of Chakdara]
*[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH18971017.2.187# "The Hero of Chakdara’s Own Story"] ''Los Angeles Herald,'' Volume 27, Number 17, 17 October 1897. Account of Lieutenant H B Rattray of the [[45th Regiment of Sikh Infantry|45th B I (Rattray’s) Sikhs]]


==Historical Books Online ==
==Historical Books Online ==

Revision as of 14:13, 3 August 2014

Battle of Chakdara
Part of Malakand Field Expedition 1897
Date: 26 July-2 August 1897
Location: Chakdara, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.638417°N 72.076213°E
Result: Relief of fort
Combatants
British Army Pashtun tribes
Commanders
Col William Meiklejohn CB CMG Saidullah
Strength
Casualties
Chakdarra 1909

Chakara Defence Force

Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG

External Links

Historical Books Online

The Story of the Malakand Field Force by Winston L Spencer Churchill archive.org