Difference between revisions of "Mahsud Expedition 1894-95"

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Mahsud Expedition 1894-95
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date:	18 December 1894-21 January 1895
Location:	Waziristan, NWF
Presidency:	Bengal
Co-ordinates:	32.283321°N 69.54989°E
Result:	Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians	Mahsud tribesmen
Commanders
Brig Gen Sir William Lockhart KCB CSI
Strength

Casualties

Wana Column
Brig Gen A.H.Turner

Jandola Column
Brig Gen W.P.Symons CB
14th Sikhs
33rd Punjab Infantry
38th Dogras
1st Batt 4th Gurkhas

Bannu Column
Lt-Col Charles Egerton DSO, 3rd Punjab Cavalry
3rd Punjab Cavalry (300 men)
No 1 Kohat Mountain Battery
1st Sikhs
2nd Punjab Infantry
6th Punjab Infantry

Garrison left at Wana
1st Punjab Cavalry (35 men)
3rd Peshawar Mountain Battery
2oth Punjab Infantry

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 == Field Force ==
-'''Wana Column'''<br>''Brig Gen A.H.Turner''<br>2nd Batt Border Regiment<br>3rd Sikhs<br>1st Batt 1st Gurkhas<br>1st Batt 4th Gurkhas<br>1st Punjab Cavalry (One Squadron less 35)<br>3rd Peshawar Mountain Battery (4 guns)<br>
+'''Wana Column'''<br>''Brig Gen A.H.Turner''
+*[[55th Regiment of Foot|2nd Batt Border Regiment]]
+*[[3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Sikhs]]
+*1st Batt [[1st Gurkha Rifles|1st Gurkhas]]
+*1st Batt 4th Gurkhas
+*1st Punjab Cavalry (One Squadron less 35)
+*3rd Peshawar Mountain Battery (4 guns)<br>
 '''Jandola Column'''<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101026898/ ''Brig Gen W.P.Symons CB'']<br>14th Sikhs<br>33rd Punjab Infantry<br>38th Dogras<br>1st Batt 4th Gurkhas<br>