Malakand Field Expedition

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Malakand Field Expedition
Part of Punitive Expeditions
Date: 7 August 1897
Location: Malakand, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.584017°N 71.937464°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Various Swat Valley tribes
Commanders
Maj Gen Sir Bindon Blood KCB
Strength
Casualties

Malakand Field Force

First Brigade
Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG
1st Batt Royal West Kent Regt
24th Punjab Infantry
31st Punjab Infantry
24th Sikhs

Second Brigade
Brig Gen P.D.Jeffries CB
1st Batt East Kent Regt
35th Sikhs
38th Dogras
Guides Infantry

Third Brigade
Brig Gen J.H.Wodehouse CB CMG
1st Batt Royal West Surrey Regt
2nd Batt Highland Light Infantry
22nd Punjab Infantry
39th Garhwal Rifles

Divisional Troops
10th Bengal Lancers (1 Squadron)
11th Bengal Lancers (1 Squadron)
10th Field Battery Royal Artillery
No1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
No7 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
No8 Bengal Mountain Battery
No3 Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners
No4 Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners
No5 Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners
21st Punjab Infantry
1 Section British Field Hospital
2 Sections Native Field Hospitals

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Google Books - The Story of the Malakand Field Force

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