Tochi Valley Expedition 1897-98

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Tochi Valley Expedition 1897-98
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date: 28 June 1897-January 1898
Location: Tochi Valley,North Waziristan, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: approx 32.990382°N 70.069668°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
Tochi Field Force Madda Khel tribesmen
Commanders
Maj Gen George Corrie-Bird
Strength
Casualties

Cause of Expedition

Battle of Maizar 1897 10 June

Tochi Field Force

First Brigade
Lt-Col Charles Egerton CB DSO ADC
1st Punjab Cavalry (1 squadron)
No 3 (Peshawar) Mountain Battery
No 2 Coy Bengal Sappers & Miners
2nd Batt Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
1st Sikh Infantry
1st Punjab Infantry
33rd Bengal Infantry

Second Brigade
Brig Gen W.P.Symons CB
1st Punjab Cavalry (1 squadron)
No 6 (Bombay) Mountain Battery (4 guns)
3rd Batt Rifle Brigade
6th Jat Light Infantry
14th Bengal Infantry
25th Bengal Infantry

One British & three Native Field Hospitals

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History

NWF Expeditions