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[[Category:Battles{{War|name=Chitral Campaign |dates= January-April 1895|image= |location=[[Chitral]]{{Battles_Infobox, NWF|combatant1=British & Indians |partofcombatant2=[[http:Category:Punitive Expeditions|Punitive Expeditions]//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]]

== Chitral Relief Force =='''First Brigade'''<br>Brig Gen A.A.Kinloch CB<br>*[[16th Regiment of Foot|1st Batt Bedfordshire Regt<br>]]*[[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>15th Brig Gen H.G.Waterfield*[[25th Regiment of Foot|1st Batt King's Own Scottish Borderers]]*[[Gordon 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>37th Dogras[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Forbes_Gatacre Brig Gen W.F.Gatacre DSO]*[[3rd Regiment of Foot|1st Batt East Kent Regt]]*[[72nd Regiment of Foot|2nd Batt Seaforth Highlanders]]*[[25th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|25th Punjab Infantry]]*2nd Batt [[4th Gurkha Rifles]]<br>*No 8 British Field Hospital*No 19 Native Field Hospital

'''Second BrigadeDivisional Troops'''<br>Brig Gen H.G.Waterfield<br>1st Batt King*[[11th (The Prince of Wales's Own Scottish Borderers<br>) 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]]*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 Gordon Highlanders<br>4th Sikhs<br>Guides Infantry<br>[[11th Regiment of Foot|Devonshire Regt]]

'''Third Brigade'''== External links ==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 North West Frontier Military History] Wikipedia<br>Brig Gen W[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.Fhtm NWF Expeditions] www.Gatacre DSOantiquesatoz.com<br>1st Batt East Kent Regt[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>2nd Batt Seaforth Highlanders[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitral_Expedition Chitral Expedition] Wikipedia<br>25th Punjab Infantry[http://www.khyber.org/publications/011-015/chitralforts.shtml Forts of the Chitral Campaign] www.khyber.org<br>2nd Batt 4th Gurkhas[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 '''Divisional Troops'''<br>11th Bengal photographs compiled by Colonel Joseph Hume Balfour, 13th 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, Indian Army. National Army Museum NAM. 2001-02-335-57 and NAM. 2001-02-335-58<br>

== External Links == Historical books online ====*[http://enwww.wikipediaarchive.org/wikistream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/38/mode/North2up ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I'' -West_Frontier_"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 ''The Relief of Chitral''] by Captain G.J. Younghusband and Captain Frank E. Younghusband 1897 (military_historyoriginally 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#1878-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 Wikipedia 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- North West Frontier Military History'' 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'']<br> by Erroll Sherson 1928. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.*[httphttps://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://wwwarchive.org/details/dli.antiquesatozpahar.com2562/stephenheroldmode/nwfrontc2up ''Chitral Memories.htm NWF ExpeditionsThe Siege of Chitral'']<br>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. *[httphttps://booksarchive.googleorg/details/dli.copahar.uk3473/books?id=Pmode/2up ''Much Sounding of Bugles -b5cvMuMcgC&pg=PA29&dq=The Siege of Chitral+1895&as_brr=3&ei=zYM1Sb7QOo6ukATk37COBg''] 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#PPA29page/n7/mode/2up ''Through Three Campaigns: a Story of Chitral,M1A37Tirah,M1 Google Books - Chitral Campaignand Ashanti'']by G. A. Henty , illustrated by Wal Paget. c 1904 Archive.org. An adventure story for younger readers.

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