Chitral Campaign
| Chitral Campaign | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908 | ||
| Date: | 1 April-15 May 1895 | |
| Location: | Chitral, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 35.886041°N 71.797177°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Chitrali tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Brig Gen Sir Robert Low | ||
| Strength | ||
| 15,249 | ||
| Casualties | ||
| 21 killed 101 wounded |
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Campaign Actions
Chitral Relief Force
First Brigade
Brig Gen A.A.Kinloch CB
- 1st Batt Bedfordshire Regt
(see 16th Regiment of Foot) - 1st Batt King's Royal Rifles
(see 60th Regiment of Foot) - 15th Sikhs
(see 15th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry) - 37th Dogras
(see 37th Regiment of Dogra Infantry)
Second Brigade
Brig Gen H.G.Waterfield
1st Batt King's Own Scottish Borderers
1st Batt Gordon Highlanders
4th Sikhs
Guides Infantry
Third Brigade
Brig Gen W.F.Gatacre DSO
1st Batt East Kent Regt
2nd Batt Seaforth Highlanders
25th Punjab Infantry
2nd Batt 4th Gurkhas
Divisional Troops
11th Bengal Lancers
15th Field Battery Royal Artillery
3rd Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
8th Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
No2 Dejarat Mountain Battery
3 Companies Sappers & Miners
Engineer Field Park
Half British Field Hospital
2 Native Field Hospitals
No1 Veterinary Field Hospital
Mazim Gun Detachment 1st Batt Devonshire Regt
External Links
Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Google Books - Chitral Campaign
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