Mahsud Expedition 1894-95

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Mahsud Expedition 1894-95
Part of Punitive Expeditions
Date: 18 December 1894-21 January 1895
Location: Waziristan, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 32.283321°N 69.54989°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Mahsud tribesmen
Commanders
Brig Gen Sir William Lockhart KCB CSI
Strength
Casualties

Campaign Actions

Battle of Wana 3 November 1894
Battle of Mukeen 1894 22 December 1894

Field Force

Wana Column
Brig Gen A.H.Turner
2nd Batt Border Regiment
3rd Sikhs
1st Batt 1st Gurkhas
1st Batt 4th Gurkhas
1st Punjab Cavalry (One Squadron less 35)
3rd Peshawar Mountain Battery (4 guns)

Jandola Column
Brig Gen W.P.Symons CB
14th Sikhs
33rd Punjab Infantry
38th Dogras
1st Batt 4th Gurkhas

Bannu Column
Lt-Col Charles Egerton DSO, 3rd Punjab Cavalry
3rd Punjab Cavalry (300 men)
No 1 Kohat Mountain Battery
1st Sikhs
2nd Punjab Infantry
6th Punjab Infantry

Garrison left at Wana
1st Punjab Cavalry (35 men)
3rd Peshawar Mountain Battery
2oth Punjab Infantry

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Google Books - General Lockhart
Google Books - Mahsud Waziris

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