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|date=August & September 1897 | |date=August & September 1897 | ||
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohmand_Agency Mohmand Agency, NWF] | |location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohmand_Agency Mohmand Agency, NWF] | ||
Revision as of 19:03, 19 February 2009
| Mohmand Expedition 1897 | ||
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| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908A | ||
| Date: | August & September 1897 | |
| Location: | Mohmand Agency, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | approx 34.510425°N 71.35459°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribesmen | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Mohmand tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Brig Gen E.R.Elles CB | ||
| Strength | ||
| 8,500 | ||
| Casualties | ||
| 12 killed 96 wounded |
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Campaign Actions
Mohmand Field Force
First Brigade
Brig Gen R.Westmacott CB DSO
1st Batt Somerset Light Infantry
1st Batt Devonshire Regt
20th Punjabis
2nd Batt 1st Gurkhas
Second Brigade
Brig Gen C.R.MacGregor DSO
2nd Batt Oxfordshire Light Infantry
Six Companies 37th Dogras
9th Gurkhas
Divisional Troops
13th Bengal Lancers
No 3 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
No 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery
No 5 Company Bengal Sappers & Miners
28th Bombay Infantry
One Detachment of Jodhpur Lancers
1st Patiala Infantry
Three Maxims
Three Sections Native Field Hospital
External Links
Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
