Malakand Field Expedition

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Malakand Field Expedition
7 August-6 December 1897
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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

Divisional Troops

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