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[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908{{War|name=Chitral Campaign |dates= January-April 1895|image= |location=[[Chitral]]{{Battles_Infobox, NWF|combatant1=British & Indians |partofcombatant2=[[http:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908]//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitral_District#Population Chitrali tribesmen]|dateresult=1 April-15 May 1895<br>Submission of tribes |locationmedal= <br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitral_District India_Medal India General Service Medal (1895-1902)]<br>Clasps: Defence of Chitral1895, NWF]Relief of Chitral 1895|presidencycategory=[[Bengal:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns |North West Frontier Campaigns ]] }}{{Battlemap|co-ordinateswar=Chitral Campaign|link= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?t=p&hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=101241150585833319689.0004775382e9e31905b7b&ll=35.886041366656,71.7971778396&spn=6.646067,7.833252&z=14&t7 }} =h&hl=en 35.886041°N 71.797177°E] |resultSummary = Submission of tribes|territory=|combatant1=The British & Indians|combatant2=sent political agent Surgeon Major George Robertson to [[Gilgit]] to report on a dispute between rival claimants to the throne of [[http://enChitral]].wikipediaSher Afzal attacked the force in Chitral Fort which was then besieged.org/wiki/Chitral_District#Population Chitrali tribesmenColonel James Kelly made an arduous journey through the snowy passes from [[Gilgit]]|commander1=fighting two actions on the way. He arrived at Chitral to find that the Chitralis have discontinued the siege. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101034607/ Brig Maj-Gen Sir Robert Low's] larger force from [[Nowshera]] stormed the Malakand Pass and broke the Chitrali resistance. The region remained tranquil until further unrest led to the [[Malakand Field Expedition]]|commander2= |strength1=15,249|strength2= |casualties1=21 killed<br>101 wounded |casualties2= }} .

[[Siege and == Chitral Relief Force ==''15,249 troops under the command of Chitral][http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101034607/ Brig-Gen Sir Robert Low] ''<br> [[Battle of Malakand Pass]]

*[[16th Regiment of Foot|1st Batt Bedfordshire Regt]]*[[60th Regiment of Foot|1st Batt King's Royal Rifles]]*[[15th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|15th Sikhs]]*[[37th Regiment of Dogra Infantry|37th Dogras]]*No 1 British Field Hospital*No 14 Native Field Hospital '''Second Brigade'''<br>(see Brig Gen H.G.Waterfield*[[16th 25th Regiment of Foot|1st Batt King's Own Scottish Borderers]])*[[Gordon Highlanders|1st Batt KingGordon Highlanders]]*[[4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Sikhs]]*[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guides Infantry]]*No 2 British Field Hospital*No 35 Native Field Hospital '''Third Brigade'''s Royal Rifles<br>(see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Forbes_Gatacre Brig Gen W.F.Gatacre DSO]*[[3rd Regiment of Foot|1st Batt East Kent Regt]]*[[60th 72nd Regiment of Foot|2nd Batt Seaforth Highlanders]]*[[25th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|25th Punjab Infantry]])*15th Sikhs2nd Batt [[4th Gurkha Rifles]]<br>*No 8 British Field Hospital*No 19 Native Field Hospital '''Divisional Troops'''<br>*[[11th (see The Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers|11th Bengal Lancers]]*[[15th Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force|Guides Cavalry]]*[[13th (Shekhawati Regiment of ) Bengal Native Infantry|13th Bengal Infantry]]*[[23rd Punjab Pioneers]]*15th Field Battery [[Royal Artillery]]*3rd Mountain Battery [[Royal Artillery]]*8th Mountain Battery [[Royal Artillery]]*[[Dejarat Mountain Battery|No 2 Dejarat Mountain Battery]]*3 Companies [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers & Miners]]*Engineer Field Park from Roorkee*No 4 British Field Hospital*No 17 & 18 Native Field Hospitals*No 1 Veterinary Field Hospital*Maxim Gun Detachment 1st Batt [[11th Regiment of Foot|Devonshire Regt]] == External links ==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 North West Frontier Military History] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions] www.antiquesatoz.com<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=P-b5cvMuMcgC&pg=PA29&dq=Chitral+1895&as_brr=3&ei=zYM1Sb7QOo6ukATk37COBg#PPA29,M1A37,M1 Chitral Campaign] Google Books<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitral_Expedition Chitral Expedition] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.khyber.org/publications/011-015/chitralforts.shtml Forts of the Chitral Campaign] www.khyber.org<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_military_personnel_of_the_Chitral_Expedition British military personnel] Wikipedia<br>*37th DograsPhotographs: [https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2001-02-335-57 View of Chitral Fort, 1895] and [https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2001-02-335-58 Chitral Fort, 1895] from an album of photographs compiled by Colonel Joseph Hume Balfour, 13th Lancers, Indian Army. National Army Museum NAM. 2001-02-335-57 and NAM. 2001-02-335-58<br>

==== Historical books online ====*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/38/mode/2up ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I'' - "Chitral"] :[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/520/mode/2up "Chitral Relief Expedition"] page 521, same volume. Both Archive.org*[http://archive.org/stream/reliefofchitral00youn#page/n7/mode/2up 'Second Brigade'The Relief of Chitral''<br>Brig Gen H] by Captain G.J. Younghusband and Captain Frank E. Younghusband 1897 (originally published October 1895) Archive.org:[https://archive.org/details/storyofguides00youniala/page/160/mode/2up "The Relief of Chitral"] page 161 ''The Story of the Guides'' by Col GJ Younghusband 1908 Archive.Waterfield<br>org*[http://www.archive.org/stream/withkellytochit00beyngoog#page/n11/mode/1up ''With Kelly to Chitral''] by Lt W G L Beynon, 1st Batt KingBattallion 3rd Goorka Rifles, Staff Officer To Colonel Kelly's Own Scottish Borderers<br>1st Batt Gordon Highlanders<br>4th Sikhs<br>Guides Infantry<br>Relief Force, 1896 Archive.org*[http://archive.org/stream/chitralcampaignn00thomiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Chitral Campaign: a Narrative of Events in Chitral, Swat and Bajour''] by H.C. Thomson 1895 Archive.org*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hnb5qr?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Chitral: the Story of a Minor Siege''] by Sir George S Robertson 1898 HathiTrust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/chitrlstoryofm00robeuoft/page/n7/mode/2up Archive.org version].*[https://archive.org/details/campaignsonnorth00nevi/page/164/mode/2up "The Chitral Campaign"] page 164 ''Campaigns on the North-West Frontier'' by Capt H.L. Nevill 1912. Archive.org. *[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.525043 ''Townshend of Chitral and Kut: Based on the diaries and private papers of Sir Charles Vere Townshend''] by Erroll Sherson 1928. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.*[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2525/mode/2up ''Chitral Memories. Events leading up to the Siege''] by Lieut. Colonel B E M Gurdon. Originally published in ''Himalayan Journal'' No 5, 1933.:[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2562/mode/2up ''Chitral Memories. The Siege of Chitral''] Lieut. Colonel B E M Gurdon. Originally published in ''Himalayan Journal'' No 6, 1934. Both Archive.org, mirror from PAHAR: Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. *[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3473/mode/2up ''Much Sounding of Bugles - The Siege of Chitral 1895''] by John Harris 1975. Archive.org, mirror from PAHAR: Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset*[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3551/page/239/mode/2up "Chapter 14. Finis Dardarum"] page 240 ''The Gilgit Game: The Explorers of the Western Himalayas 1865-95'' by John Keay 1979. Archive.org, mirror from PAHAR: Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset*[https://archive.org/details/greatgame00pete/page/482/mode/2up "Chapter 35 The Race for Chitral"] page 483 from''The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia'' by Peter Hopkirk 1992. [https://archive.org/details/greatgame00pete Book File 1]. [https://archive.org/details/greatgamestruggl00hopk Book File 2] Archive.org Lending Library. Published in the UK with title ''The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia''. "The Great Game between Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia…"*[http://archive.org/stream/throughthreecamp00hent#page/n7/mode/2up ''Through Three Campaigns: a Story of Chitral, Tirah, and Ashanti''] by G. A. Henty , illustrated by Wal Paget. c 1904 Archive.org. An adventure story for younger readers.

== Recommended Reading ==[[Category:Chitral Campaign| Chitral Campaign]]Campaigns of the [[Category:North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 <br>Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0Campaigns|Chitral Campaign]][[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Chitral Campaign]]