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== Campaign Actions == | == Campaign Actions == | ||
[[Siege and Relief of Chitral]] | [[Siege and Relief of Chitral]] | ||
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| + | == Chitral Relief Force == | ||
| + | '''First Brigade'''<br>Brig Gen A.A.Kinloch CB<br>1st Batt Bedfordshire Regt<br>1st Batt King's Royal Rifles<br>15th Sikhs<br>37th Dogras<br> | ||
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| + | '''Second Brigade'''<br>Brig Gen H.G.Waterfield<br>1st Batt King's Own Scottish Borderers<br>1st Batt Gordon Highlanders<br>4th Sikhs<br>Guides Infantry<br> | ||
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| + | '''Third Brigade'''<br>Brig Gen W.F.Gatacre DSO<br>1st Batt East Kent Regt<br>2nd Batt Seaforth Highlanders<br>25th Punjab Infantry<br>2nd Batt 4th Gurkhas<br> | ||
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| + | '''Divisional Troops'''<br>11th Bengal Lancers<br>15th Field Battery Royal Artillery<br>3rd Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>8th Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>No2 Dejarat Mountain Battery<br>3 Companies Sappers & Miners<br>Engineer Field Park<br>Half British Field Hospital<br>2 Native Field Hospitals<br>No1 Veterinary Field Hospital<br>Mazim Gun Detachment 1st Batt Devonshire Regt<br> | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
Revision as of 15:19, 3 December 2008
| Chitral Campaign | ||
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| Part of Punitive Expeditions | ||
| Date: | 1 April-15 May 1895 | |
| Location: | Chitral, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 35.886041°N 71.797177°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Chitrali tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Brig Gen Sir Robert Low | ||
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Campaign Actions
Siege and Relief of Chitral
Chitral Relief Force
First Brigade
Brig Gen A.A.Kinloch CB
1st Batt Bedfordshire Regt
1st Batt King's Royal Rifles
15th Sikhs
37th Dogras
Second Brigade
Brig Gen H.G.Waterfield
1st Batt King's Own Scottish Borderers
1st Batt Gordon Highlanders
4th Sikhs
Guides Infantry
Third Brigade
Brig Gen W.F.Gatacre DSO
1st Batt East Kent Regt
2nd Batt Seaforth Highlanders
25th Punjab Infantry
2nd Batt 4th Gurkhas
Divisional Troops
11th Bengal Lancers
15th Field Battery Royal Artillery
3rd Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
8th Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
No2 Dejarat Mountain Battery
3 Companies Sappers & Miners
Engineer Field Park
Half British Field Hospital
2 Native Field Hospitals
No1 Veterinary Field Hospital
Mazim Gun Detachment 1st Batt Devonshire Regt
External Links
Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Google Books - Chitral Campaign
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
