Zakha Khel Expedition 1878-79

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Zakha Khel Expedition 1878-79
Part of Punitive Expeditions
Date: 19 December 1878-4 February 1879
Location: Khyber Agency, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: approx 34.00271°N 71.178358°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Zakha Khel Afridi tribesmen
Commanders
Lt Gen Frederick Francis Maude VC CB
Strength
Casualties

Peshawar Field Force 1878

Dakka Column
Brig Gen J.A.Tytler VC CB
II-9th Royal Artillery (2 guns)
Detachment from1st Batt 17th Foot
Detachment from No 8 Company Bengal Sappers & Miners
Detachment from 27th Punjab Native Infantry
Detachment from 45th Sikhs

Jamrud Column
Lt Gen Frederick Francis Maude VC CB
D-A Royal Horse Artillery (3 guns)
1st Batt 5th Fusiliers (300 men)
51st Foot (200 men)
11th Bengal Lancers (1 troop)
13th Bengal Lancers (1 troop)
Mhairwara Battalion (400 men)
9th Gurkha Regt (500 men)

Peshawar Field Force 1879

Jamrud Column'
Lt Gen Frederick Francis Maude VC CB
D-A Royal Horse Artillery (2 guns on elephants)
II-9th Royal Artillery (2 guns)
Detachment from 1st Batt 5th Fusiliers
Detachment from 1st Batt 25th Foot)
Detachment from 13th Bengal Cavalry
Detachment from Madras Sapper & Miners
Detachment from 24th Punjab Native Infantry
Mhairwara Battalion (400 men)
9th Gurkha Regt (500 men)
Total 1,185

Basawal Column
Brig Gen J.A.Tytler VC CB
II-9th Royal Artillery (2 guns)
Detachment from 1st Batt 17th Foot
Detachment from 4th Batt Rifle Brigade
Detachment from Guides Cavalry
Detachment from Bengal Sappers & Miners
Detachment from 4th Gurkha Regt
Total 847

Ali Masjid Column
Brig Gen F.E.Appleyard CB
II-9th Royal Artillery (2 guns)
Detachment from 51st Foot
Detachment from Madras Sappers & Miners
Detachment from Mhairwara Battalion
Detachment from 2nd Gurkha Regt
Total 876

Landi Kotal Column
6th Native Infantry (311 men)

Dakkal Column
Detachment from 1st Batt 17th Foot
Detachment from 27th Punjab Native Infantry
Detachment from 45th Sikhs
Total 413

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions

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

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