Chitral Campaign

Chitral Campaign
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
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
15,249
Casualties
21 killed 101 wounded

Campaign Actions

Siege and Relief of Chitral
Battle of Malakand Pass

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 Gurkha Rifles
  

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
• Maxim 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