Mohmand Expedition 1897

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Mohmand Expedition 1897
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
Mohmand Territory 1909

Campaign Actions

Battle of Shabkadar Fort

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