Black Mountain Expedition 1891
| Black Mountain Expedition 1891 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns | ||
| Date: | 12 March-2 October 1891 | |
| Location: | Black Mountain Range, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 34.617016°N 72.992962°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Hassanzai, Akazai, and
Chagarzai tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj Gen W.K.Elles CB | ||
| Strength | ||
| 7,300 British troops | ||
| Casualties | ||
Isazai (Izazai) Field Force
First Brigade
Brig Gen R.F.Williamson
- No 1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery (3 guns)
- No 2 Dejarat Mountain Battery (3 guns)
- 2nd Batt Seaforth Highlanders
- 4th Sikhs
- 32nd Bengal Infantry Pioneers
- 37th Dogras
- Guides Infantry
Second Brigade
Brig Gen A.G.Hammond VC DSO
- No 9 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
- 1st Batt Royal Welsh Fusiliers
- 11th Bengal Infantry (replaced end of May by 1st Batt 1st Gurkha Rifles)
- 32nd Bengal Infantry Pioneers
- 2nd Batt 5th Gurkhas
- Khyber Rifles
Third Brigade
Brig Gen Sir William Lockhart KCB CSI
- No 1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery (3 guns)
- One Squadron 11th Bengal Lancers
- 1st Batt King's Royal Rifles
- 19th Bengal Infantry
- 27th Bengal Infantry
Divisional Troops
- One Squadron 11th Bengal Lancers
- No 4 Company Bengal Sappers and Miners
At Aghi
*No 2 Dejarat Mountain Battery (3 guns)
- One Squadron 11th Bengal Lancers
- 28th Bengal Infantry
External links
- North West Frontier Military History Wikipedia
- Black Mountain Expeditions Sussex Regiment memorial
- Black Mountain Imperial Gazetteer of India
- Photographs: Black Mountain or Hazara Expedition, 1891 bonhams.com. Click on the small pictures to enlarge.
Historical books online
- Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I - Black Mountain Expedition 1891 archive.org
- Campaigns on the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1912 archive.org
- Black Mountain Expedition Pages 71-73 Khaki and Gown : an Autobiography by Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood 1941. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. He was with the 11th Bengal Lancers who still wore their blue kurtas on active service, probably for the last time before the colour was replaced by khaki.