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At the beginning of the 20th century Britain and Russia were competing for influence in Central Asia. To counter the perceived threat, the British sent an expedition under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Younghusband [Francis Younghusband]] to negotiate with the Tibetans. The first excursion with Claude White, the Political Officer for Sikkim, to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khamber_Jong Khamba Jong] was rebuffed and a field force was dispatched through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelep_La Jelep Pass]. The Tibetans were defeated at two major battles and the expedition reached Lhasa in August 1904. The Dalai Lama had fled but Younghusband forced a one-sided treaty on the regent which gave Britain trading rights in Tibet. This was later repudiated by the Tibetans.

''British Commissioner to Tibet: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Younghusband [Francis Younghusband|Major Francis Younghusband]]''<br>

''British Commissioner to Tibet: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Younghusband [Francis Younghusband|Major Francis Younghusband]]''<br>

*[http://intotibet1903-04.blogspot.com/2008/12/2nd-rajput-mess-alipore-calcutta.html Field Force To Lhasa 1903-04]. 50 Letters from Capt Captain Cecil Mainprise] . intotibet1903-04.blogspot.com. ([http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ZofGb9W5CzYJ:intotibet1903-04.blogspot.com/2008/12/2nd-rajput-mess-alipore-calcutta.html+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Cached] URL)*Book review [http://www.tracesofevil.com/2004/12/gyantse-1904-british-liberation-of ''Duel In .html Scenes from the Snowsfilm Gyantse 1904: The True Story British Liberation of the Younghusband Mission to Lhasa'' by Charles Allen (2004) Tibet]*[http://www.independentexpress.co.uk/arts-entertainmentnews/booksworld/reviews430387/duelImages-of-Empire-amazing-pictures-inshow-the-snowsentry-of-British-forces-into-Tibet-byin-charles1904 Images of Empire -allenamazing pictures show the entry of British forces into Tibet in 1904] September 18, 2013 www.express.co.uk*[http://www.taroscopes.com/miscellanous-570209pages/rapeofindia.html pdf "Officers, Gentlemen and Thieves: The Looting of Monasteries during the 1903/4 Younghusband Mission to Tibet"] by Michael Carrington ''The IndependentModern Asian Studies 37, 1 (2003'']), pp. 81–109. 

*[http://books.google.com/books?id=y39xtFqUn5sC&pg=PA364#v=onepage&q=&f=false List of Officers on the Lhasa Missionwho actually reached Lhasa.] Google Books. Some of the medical personnel are not on this list.

*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/3/3/272.full.pdf "With the Thibet Mission Force"] by Major A. R. Aldridge ''J R Army Med Corps'' 1904;3:3 272-273:[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/4/2/235.full.pdf "With the Tibet Mission Force"] by Major A. R. Aldridge J'' R Army Med Corps'' 1905;4:2 235-240*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/3/5/535.full.pdf "With the Sikkim Tibet Mission Force"] by Captain C. W. Mainprise ''J R Army Med Corps'' 1904;3:5 535-538*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/6/1/67.full.pdf "Reprint: The Tibet Mission Force, 1903-1904"] ''J R Army Med Corps'' 1906;6:1 67-90. It is not stated what this article is reprinted from, but it appears to an official report for government*[http://www.archive.org/stream/unitedservicema00pollgoog#page/n713/mode/1up "Across the North East Frontier"] by Colonel HC Wylly , page 642 ''The United Service Magazine Volume 29 New Series April 1904 to September 1904'' Archive.org*''Lhasa and Its Mysteries: A Record of the Expedition of 1903-1904'' by L Austine Waddell Lieut.-Colonel, Indian Medical Service. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082446406?urlappend=%3Bseq=15 2nd edition 1905. With illustrations] Hathi Trust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/cu31924023498813 3rd and Cheaper edition 1906] With a lesser number of illustrations. Archive.org. The author, who took part in the expedition and was mentioned in despatches, was also a Tibetan scholar and explorer. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Waddell Laurence Waddell] Wikipedia.*''Lhasa: An Account of the Country and People of Central Tibet and of the Progress of the Mission sent there by the English Government in the year 1903-04'' by Perceval Landon 1905 Archive.org. [http://www.archive.org/stream/lhasaaccountofco01land#page/n9/mode/2up Volume 1], [http://www.archive.org/stream/lhasaaccountofco02land#page/n9/mode/2up Volume 2]. The author was special correspondent of ''The Times'' on the expedition. *[https://archive.org/details/unveilingoflhasa00cand ''The Unveiling of Lhasa''] by Edmund Candler 1905. Archive.org. The author was the ''Daily Mail'' correspondent accompanying the expeditionary force.*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas04indi#page/n9/mode/2up ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: Volume 4 North and North-Eastern Frontier tribes''] by Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1907 Archive.org. Includes Tibet.*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023224490 ''With Mounted Infantry In Tibet''] by Brevet Major W J Ottley, 34th Sikh Pioneers 1906 Archive.org.* [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023235108 ''India and Tibet. A History of the Relations which have Subsisted between the Two Countries from the Time of Warren Hastings to 1910; with a Particular Account of the Mission to Lhasa of 1904''] by Sir Francis Younghusband KCIE. Published by John Murray 1910. Archive.org. Another copy of this title is at [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=P7pdbiFCW80C&pg=PP1&dq=India+and+Tibet+Younghusband&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''India & Tibet '' by Francis Younghusband] Google Books (Limited View)*[http://www.archive.org/stream/IndianMountainArtillery/mountainartillery#page/n129/mode/2up "Tibet"], page 115, ''The History of the Indian Mountain Artillery'' by Brigadier-General C A L Graham 1957 Archive.org.