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=== Historical books online ===
=== Historical books online ===
[http://ia341343.us.archive.org//load_djvu_applet.php?file=0/items/FrontierAndOverseasExpeditionsFromIndiaVolIV/FrontierAndOverseasExpeditionsFromIndiaVolIV.djvu Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India] archive.org<br>
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/279182 ''Report On The Sikhim Expedition''] by Lieutenant C. J. Markham 1890. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.  Catalogue details (from elsewhere): ''Report on the Sikkim Expedition from January 1888 to January 1890''. Intelligence Division, India. (1890)
[http://www.archive.org/stream/ndiesecondbatta00iggugoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''The 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment in the Sikkim Expedition of 1888''] by Herbert Augustus Iggulden 1900 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas04indi#page/50/mode/2up "General Graham’s Expedition 1888"] page 50,  ''Frontier And Overseas Expeditions From India Volume IV North and North-Eastern Frontier Tribes''. 1907 Archive.org.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ndiesecondbatta00iggugoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''The 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment in the Sikkim Expedition of 1888''] by Herbert Augustus Iggulden 1900 Archive.org





Revision as of 06:29, 27 September 2015

Sikkim Expedition
1888
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
Location: Sikkim
Combatants:
British Field Force Tibetans
Result: British victory
Medals: India General Service medal
Clasp: Sikkim 1888
Links:
Category: Sikkim Expedition 1888
See our interactive map of
Sikkim Expedition 1888
locations and routes on Google Maps

Summary

In response to the proposed Macaulay Mission to Tibet the Tibetans cross the Sikkim border via the Jelep Pass and established a fortified post. The Government of India despatched a field force which won a series of engagements before the conclusion of the Anglo-Chinese Convention.

Sikkim Field Force

Commanded by Brig-Gen Thomas Graham RA

Total 1300 men with artillery

Reinforced August 1888 by

Reinforced October 1888 by

Field detachments

Lingtu Column

Intchi Column

Reserve

External links

Sikkim Expedition Medals and Their History - Google Books
Sikkim Expedition Britain and Tibet 1765-1947 - Google Books
Sikkim Map rootsweb.ancestry.com

Historical books online