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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278586  ''An Offical Account of the Chitral Expendition 1895''] by W R Robertson 1898.  Archive.org, Public  Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278586  ''An Offical Account of the Chitral Expendition 1895''] by W R Robertson 1898.  Archive.org, Public  Library of India Collection.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hnb5qr?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Chitral: the Story of a Minor Siege''] by Sir George S Robertson 1898 Hathi Trust Digital Library.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.501599  1905, New and cheaper Issue] Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.  
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hnb5qr?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Chitral: the Story of a Minor Siege''] by Sir George S Robertson 1898 Hathi Trust Digital Library.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.501599  1905, New and cheaper Issue] Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.  
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208528/page/n7/mode/2up ''Four Score Years and Ten: Sir Bindon Bloodʼs Reminscences''] by General Sir Bindon Blood, Representative Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers 1933. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.5049/page/n1/mode/2up 2nd file] where images have been rotated. Archive.org. Born 1842, he went to India in 1871, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208528/page/n65/mode/2up page 47].  He was  with the Chitral Field Force  1895, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208528/page/n285/mode/2up page 264].
*Maxim guns were used in the Chitral Campaign: [https://archive.org/stream/bookofmachinegun00long#page/n57/mode/2up Page 38] ''The book of the Machine Gun'' by F.V. Longstaff and A. Hilliard Atteridge.  1917 Archive.org
*Maxim guns were used in the Chitral Campaign: [https://archive.org/stream/bookofmachinegun00long#page/n57/mode/2up Page 38] ''The book of the Machine Gun'' by F.V. Longstaff and A. Hilliard Atteridge.  1917 Archive.org



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Siege and Relief of Chitral
Part of Chitral Campaign
Date: 4 March- 20 April 1895
Location: Chitral, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 35.884157°N 71.795963°E
Result: Siege relieved
Combatants
British Army Chitralis
Commanders
Political Agent: Surgeon Major George Robertson
Garrison Commander:
Capt Charles Townshend
Commanding Relief Force:
Col James Kelly
Sher Afzal
Umra Khan
Strength
Garrison: 419 fighting men
Relief Force: 616 men & 2 guns
3-5,000 men
Casualties

Chitral Garrison

  • Surg Maj G S Robertson, Political Agent
  • Capt C Campbell, Central India Horse, Inspecting Officer Kashmir Imperial Service Troops
  • Captain C V F Townshend, Central India Horse, commanding Political Agent's Escort then Fort Commander
  • Lieut B E M Gurdon Assistant to British Agent
  • Surg Capt Whitchurch, 24th Punjab Infantry
  • Lieut H.K.Harley, commanding 14th Sikhs (99 men)
  • Kashmir Infantry (301 men)
  • 109 Non-combatants incl 52 Chitralis

Gilgit Relief Force

  • 32nd Pioneers (382 men)
  • Kashmir Infantry (100 men)
  • Kashmir Sappers & Miners (34 men)
  • Kashmir Mountain Artillery (2 guns)
  • Hunza and Punial Levies (100 men)

External Links

File:Indian General Service Medal with clasp Relief of Chitral 1895

Historical Books online