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*No 8 British Field Hospital*No 19 Native Field Hospital
==Recommended Reading==
* Beynon, William George Lawrence, ''With Kelly to Chitral'' Arnold, 1896, BiblioBazaar 2007 ISBN 0554203073 ISBN 978-0554203072 Available on [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10603 Gutenberg]
* Harris, John, ''Much Sounding of Bugles: The Siege of Chitral, 1895''. Reprint Hutchinson, 1975 ISBN 0091245907
* Henty, George Alfred, ''Through Three Campaigns: A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti''. BiblioBazaar 2007 ISBN 0554069385 ISBN 978-0554069388 Available on [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20641 Gutenberg].
* Robertson, Sir George, ''Chitral: Story of a Minor Siege'', Methuen & Co. 1898. Reprint: Oxford University Press, 1978, ISBN 0195772482, ISBN 978-0195772487
* Thompson, H. C., ''The Chitral Campaign: A Narrative Of Events In Chitral, Swat, And Bajour.'' Naval and Military Press 2004. ISBN 1843426676 ISBN 978-1843426677
* Younghusband, G.J., ''The Relief of Chitral'' Bhavan Books & Prints,India 2004 ISBN 8186505504 ISBN 978-8186505502
* Younghusband, G.J., ''The Story of the Guides: The Exploits of the Soldiers of the Famous Indian Army Regiment from the Northwest Frontier 1847-1900'' Leonaur Ltd 2006 ISBN 1846770637 ISBN 978-1846770630 Available on [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16808 Gutenberg]
*Capt H.L.Nevill DSO ''Campaigns of the North-West Frontier'' 1916 Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 ISBN 1-845741-87-0
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{{War|name=Chitral Campaign |dates= January-April 1895 |image= |location=[[Chitral]], NWF|combatant1=British & Indians |combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitral_District#Population Chitrali tribesmen] |result= <br>Submission of tribes |medal=<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Medal India General Service Medal (1895-1902)]<br>Clasps: Defence of Chitral 1895, Relief of Chitral 1895
|category=[[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908]]}}
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*[[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>Brig Gen H.G.Waterfield
*[[25th Regiment of Foot|1st Batt King's Own Scottish Borderers]]
*[[100th Regiment of FootGordon Highlanders|1st Batt Gordon 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'''<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Forbes_Gatacre Brig Gen W.F.Gatacre DSO]
*[[25th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|25th Punjab Infantry]]
*2nd Batt [[4th Gurkha Rifles]]<br>
'''Divisional Troops'''<br>
*[[11th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers|11th Bengal Lancers]]
*[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force|Guides Cavalry]]
*[[13th (Shekhawati Regiment) Bengal Native Infantry|13th Bengal Infantry]]
*[[23rd Punjab Pioneers]]
*15th Field Battery [[Royal Artillery]]
*3rd Mountain Battery [[Royal Artillery]]
*[[Dejarat Mountain Battery|No 2 Dejarat Mountain Battery]]
*3 Companies [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers & Miners]]
*Engineer Field Parkfrom Roorkee*Half No 4 British Field Hospital*2 No 17 & 18 Native Field Hospitals*No1 No 1 Veterinary Field Hospital
*Maxim Gun Detachment 1st Batt [[11th Regiment of Foot|Devonshire Regt]]
== External Links 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://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>Photographs: [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 on-line 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 "ChitralRelief Expedition"] page 521, same volume. Both Archive.org*[http://archive.org/stream/reliefofchitral00youn#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Relief of Chitral''] 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 G J Younghusband 1908 Archive.org*[http://www.archive.org/stream/withkellytochit00beyngoog#page/n11/mode/1up ''With Kelly to Chitral''] by Lt W G L Beynon, 1st Battallion 3rd Goorka Rifles, Staff Officer To Colonel Kelly's 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.
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