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[[Category:Battles]]
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==Regiments=='''Centre Column'''<br>''Major J. Abbott, Deputy Commissioner''*Police (2 Companies)*Kashmir Dogras (2 Companies)*Levies (1,400 men)<br>* [[11 Light native guns<br> '''Left Column'''<br>''Capt W.W.Davidson 16th Irregular Cavalry]]Irregulars''* [[Mountain Train Battery]] (Artillery4 guns)* [[3rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|3rd Native Infantry16th Irregular Cavalry]]*Kashmir Dogras (2 Regiments less 2 Companies)<br>
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|partof=[http[://www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/EastbourneSussexRegimentMemorial.html#BlackMountain Black Mountain ExpeditionsCategory:North West Frontier Campaigns|North West Frontier Campaigns]]|date=December 1852-January 1853
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mountain_of_Hazara Black Mountain Range, NWF]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.617016,72.992962&z=11&t=h&hl=en 34.617016°N 72.992962°E]
|result= Submission of tribes
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]] British & Indians |combatant2=[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassanzai Hassanzaitribesmen]] tribesmen
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101017610/ Lt Col Frederick Mackeson]
|commander2=
==Cause==
Two Customs Department officials who, despite being warned against entering [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassanzai Hassanzai]] territory, did so and were murdered by the tribemen.<Nevill, Captain H. L., "Campaigns on the North West Frontier" Reprint: Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore 2003 pg 22> .
==Field Force==
'''Right Column'''<br>
''[[Robert Napier|Lieut Col Robert Napier RE]]''<br>
*[[Mountain Train Battery]] (2 guns)
*[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Corps of Guides]] (350 men) ''Lt W S R Hodson''
*[[1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Sikh Infantry]] (51st Sikhs 300 men) ''Capt G Gordon''
*Rawalpindi Police (176 men) ''Lt S B Cookson''<br>
'''Reserve'''<br>
''Lt-Col J Butler''
*5th Troop 1st Brigade [[Royal Horse Artillery]] ('T' Battery)
*7th Company [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sapper & Miners]]
**[[3rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|3rd Native Infantry]]
*[[12th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Kelat-i-Ghilzai Regiment]] (12th Pioneers)
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1849-1858 North West Frontier Military History] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kala_Dhaka Black Mountauin] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.roll-of honour.com/Sussex/EastbourneSussexRegimentMemorial.html#BlackMountain Black Mountain Expeditions] Sussex Regiment Memorial<br>
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_257.gif Imperial Black Mountain] Gazetteer of India<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=v_8IAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA200&dq=Mackeson&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=PDTNR5qBJJjWyATww6idCA#PPA201,M1 Mackeson's Obituary] Google Book<br>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisjohnbeckett/266306856/ Mackeson's Memorial in Cantebury Cathedral] www.flickr.com
==== Historical Books on-line ====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/100/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I - Black Mountain Expedition 1852-53] archive.org
== External Links Recommended Reading ==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaigns of the North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 <br>Reprinted by The Naval & Military History]Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0 [[httpCategory://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_257.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India - North West Frontier Campaigns|Black MountainExpedition 1852-53]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=v_8IAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA200&dq=Mackeson&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=PDTNR5qBJJjWyATww6idCA#PPA201,M1 Mackeson's Obituary]
