Category:Lushai Expedition 1871-72
| Lushai Expedition 1871-72 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of Minor Campaigns | ||
| Date: | 1871-72 | |
| Location: | Lushai Hills, Mizoram | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 23.342484°N 92.773458°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British Army | Lushai tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Lieut Col Frederick Roberts Gen Bourchier |
Savoonga Raja Vonolel | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Lushai Field Force
Cachar (Left) Column
General G Bourchier CB commanding
- Half Peshawar Mountain Battery (Capt Blackwood RA)
- No 1 Coy Sappers & Miners (Lt Harvey RE)
- 500 men 22nd Punjaub Native Infantry (Colonel Stafford)
- 500 men 42nd Assam Light Infantry (Col Rattray CB)
- 500 men 44th Assam Light Infantry (Col Hicks)
- 100 Police (Mr Daly)
- Support
- 1,440 coolies (Lt-Col Davidson)
- 800 coolies for sepoys baggage (Maj Moore)
- 121 elephants
- Senior Staff Officer Col Roberts
- Brigade Major Capt Thomas
- Aide-de-Camp Capt Butter
- Inspector General of Hospitals Dr Buckle
- Political Officer Mr Edgar
- Topographical Survey Capt Badgley
- Telegragh Mr Pitman
Chittagong (Right) Column
Brig-Gen Charles A Brownlow CB commanding
- Half Peshawar Mountain Battery
- No 3 Coy Sappers & Miners
- 500 men 27th Punjaub Native Infantry
- 500 men 2nd Gurkhas
- 500 men 4th Gurkhas
External Links
Roberts' Lushai Campaign Google Books
Lushai Expedition Google Books
Lushai Expedition 1871-72 archive .org
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