Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90

Chin Lushai Expedition
1889-90
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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Location: Chin State, Burma and Mizoram State, India
Combatants:
British	Chin and Lushai tribesmen
Result: British victory
Medals: India General Service Medal 1854 Clasp: Chin Lushai 1889-90
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Category: Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90

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Summary

Continued outrages following the expedition of 1871-72 led to a further campaign involving columns from Chittagong and Pakokku in Burma. A series of punitive raids on Lushai and Chin villages resulted in the submission of the tribes.

Burma Field force

Brig-Gen William Symons against Chin Tribes
Northern Column Colonel Skene DSO (1,622 troops)

• 1st Btn Cheshire Regiment (300)
• 42nd Gurkha Light Infantry (477)
• No 5 Coy Queen's Own Madras Sappers and Miners (95)
• 10th Bengal Infantry (460)
• 38th Bengal Infantry (260)
  

Southern Column Brig-Gen W P Symons (1,859 troops)

• 1st Btn King's Own Scottish Borderers (500)
• 1st Bengal Mountain Battery
• No 6 Coy Queen's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
• 2nd Battalion 4th Gurkhas
• 2nd Madras Infantry
• Burma Coy Queen's Own Madras Sappers and Miners

Chittagong Field Force

Col V W Tregear against Lushai Tribes (3,400 troops)

• 2nd Btn 2nd Gurkhas
• Wing 2nd Btn 4th Gurkhas
• 3rd Bengal Infantry
• Detachment 9th Bengal Infantry
• 28th Bombay Pioneers
• No 2 Coy Bengal Sappers and Miners
• Detachment Chittagong Frontier Police

Also see

Chin Hills Expedition 1892-93

External Links

• Summary of expedition Google Books
  
• Chin Operation archive.org page 330
  
• Lushai Operation archive.org
  
• The Hampshire Men (37th Regiment) in Upper Burmah in 1889 by Lieut-Colonel F Cochran, Commanding 1st Battalion The Hampshire Regiment 1890 Hathi Trust Digital Library
• War Medals and Their History by William Augustus Steward 1915 Archive.org
  • Chin-Lushai 1889-90 page 222
  • Burma 1889-92 page 224