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{{War|name=Tibet Expedition |dates=Dec 1903 – Sept 1904 |image=TibetimageTibet-flag-free.jpg |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet Tibet] |combatant1=British Field Force |combatant2= Tibetan Armed Forces|result=[http://tibetjustice.org/materials/treaties/treaties10.html Anglo-Tibetan Agreement of 1904] |medal=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet_Medal Tibet Medal]| category=[[:Category:Tibet Expedition|Tibet Expedition]] |link1= }}

'''The expedition to [[Tibet]] in 1903-04, also known as the Anglo-Tibet War'''. 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.

== Field Force Forces ==

*300 supportfollowers<br>'''Tibet Mission Escort'''<br>''British Commissioner to Tibet: [[Francis Younghusband|Major Francis Younghusband]]''<br>''Escort Commander: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101034705/ Brig-Gen James Macdonald CB]''*Six Coys [[44th Gurkha Rifles|8th Gurkhas]]''Lt-Col Kerr''*Eight Coys [[23rd Punjab Pioneers|23rd Pioneers]]''Lt-Col Hogge''*Half Coy 2nd Sappers''Maj Haycock''*Maxim gun detachment of [[9th Regiment of Foot|Norfolk Regiment]]''Lt Hadow''*Two 7-pounder guns of 8th Gurkhas''Capt Leeke''*Two 10 pounder guns of No 7 Mountain BatteryRoyal Garrison Artillery ''Maj Fuller''

'''Later Reinforcements'''<br>*One Wing [[7th Regiment of Foot|Royal Fusiliers]]''Col Cooper DSO''*[[40th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|40th Pathans]]''Lt-Col Campbell DSO''*[[29th 7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|29th 19th Punjabis]]''Maj Herbert''*Three Coys Mounted Infantry ''Capts Otterley & Peterson, Maj Rowlandson''*Maxim gun detachment of [[83rd Regiment of Foot|Royal Irish Rifles]] ''Lt Bowen Colthurst''*Two 7-pounder RML guns of No 30 Mountain Battery ''Lt Marindin''*Two 10-pounder RML guns of No 27 Mountain Battery ''Lt Field'''''Followers'''*10,000 transport drivers*8,000 supply and transport coolies*10,500 mules and ponies*400 donkeys*9,225 bullocks and yaks

| Claude White (Sikkim Political Officer] ) left Tangu

| Crossed the border at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelep_La Jelep Jelep La] 4267m

*[http://intotibet1903-04www.blogspottracesofevil.com/20082004/12/2ndgyantse-rajput1904-messbritish-aliporeliberation-calcuttaof.html 50 Letters Scenes from Capt Mainprisethe film Gyantse 1904: The British Liberation of Tibet]*[http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/430387/Images-of-Empire-amazing-pictures-show-the-entry-of-British-forces-into-Tibet-in-1904 Images of Empire - amazing pictures show the entry of British forces into Tibet in 1904] blogspot September 18, 2013 www.express.co.uk*[http://www.taroscopes.com/miscellanous-pages/rapeofindia.pdf "Officers, Gentlemen and Thieves: The Looting of Monasteries during the 1903/4 Younghusband Mission to Tibet"] by Michael Carrington ''Modern Asian Studies 37, 1 (2003''), pp. 81–109.

== Historical books online == *[httphttps://bookswww.googlearchive.comorg/stream/books?id=y39xtFqUn5sC&pg=PA364lhasaaccountofco02land#v=onepage&q=&f=false page/364/mode/2up/ List of Officers on the Lhasa Missionwho actually reached Lhasa.] by Perceval Landon. Archive.org, see below. Some of the medical personnel are not on this list.*[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.13256/page/n769 Chronology of the Expedition] by L Austine Waddell Archive.org, see below.*[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"] Google Booksby 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:Captain Mainprise also wrote many letters which have been transcribed online as ''Field Force To Lhasa 1903-04''. 50 Letters from Captain Cecil Mainprise.<ref>[http://intotibet1903-04.blogspot.com/2008/12/2nd-rajput-mess-alipore-calcutta.html ''Field Force To Lhasa 1903-04'']. 50 Letters from Captain Cecil Mainprise. intotibet1903-04.blogspot.com.</ref>*[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://bookswww.googlearchive.coorg/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.ukorg*''Lhasa and Its Mysteries: A Record of the Expedition of 1903-1904'' by L Austine Waddell Lieut.-Colonel, Indian Medical Service. [https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.13256/page/n7 1905, original edition. With illustrations] Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. [http://bookshdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082446406?idurlappend=1beWTgMf4VUC&pg%3Bseq=PA506&lpg=PR506&dq=Chumbi&as_brr=315 2nd edition 1905. With illustrations] (rotatable) 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#v=onepage&q=Chumbi&f=false Chronology page/n9/mode/2up Volume 2]. The author was special correspondent of ''The Times'' on the expedition. USA edition title: [https://archive.org/details/openingoftibet00land ''The Opening of Tibet''] Archive.org. A one volume edition which appears to have less photographs, but which may possibly include a different selection of images.*[https://archive.org/details/unveilingoflhasa00cand ''The Unveiling of Lhasa''] by Edmund Candler 1905. Archive.org. The author was the Expedition''Daily Mail'' correspondent accompanying the expeditionary force.*[https://archive.org/details/tolhassaatlast00millrich/page/n7 ''To Lhassa at Last''] by Powell Millington (pseud. i.e. Captain Mark Synge, later Lt-Col, Supply and Transport Corps) 1905 Archive.org*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas04indi#page/n9/mode/2up ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: Volume 4 North and North-Eastern Frontier tribes''] Google Booksby 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. Reprinted by LLP 2002. ISBN 81-7536-278-2]Archive.org. Another copy of this title is at *[http://bookswww.googlearchive.co.ukorg/stream/IndianMountainArtillery/books?id=P7pdbiFCW80C&pg=PP1&dq=India+and+Tibet+Younghusband&as_brr=3mountainartillery#v=onepage&q=&f=false India & page/n129/mode/2up "Tibet "], page 115, ''The History of the Indian Mountain Artillery'' by Francis Younghusband] Google BooksBrigadier-General C A L Graham 1957 Archive.org. *'[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024155206 ''Sikhim And Bhutan''', Twenty-one Years On The North-east Frontier 1887-1908. ''] by [[Photographer#Books|J Claude White]]. Published Archive.org 1909 edition.*[http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/collection/reminiscences-of-tibet "Reminiscences of Tibet"]. Online report by Asian Educational ServicesFrederick Campbell who accompanied the Younghusband Expedition to Lhasa, Tibet, Delhi 20001904. [http://www.kingscollections. Reprinted org/servingsoldier/home The Serving Soldier] King’s College London Collections.*[http://www.archive.org/stream/greatplateaubein00rawl#page/n207/mode/2up "The Gartok Expedition 1904-1905"], page 159 ''The Great Plateau being an account of exploration in Central Tibet, 1903, and of the Gartok expedition, 1904-1905'' by LLP 2008Captain C. G. Rawling 1905 Archive.org. The terms of the Treaty provided that a trade mart be opened at Gartok and the expedition took place to survey the area and select a suitable location.*[https://archive. ISBN 81org/details/britishdocuments04greabyu/page/304 “The British Expedition to Thibet 1903-75364”] page 306 ''British documents on the origins of the war, 1898-1641914, Volume IV: The Anglo-6 & ISBN 9788175361645Russian Rapprochment, 9781903-8175361645 7'' edited by G P Gooch and Harold Temperley 1929. Archive.org*[httphttps://wwwarchive.org/details/bayonetstolhasaf00flem ''Bayonets to Lhasa: the first full account of the British invasion of Tibet in 1904''] by Peter Fleming 1961. Archive.org Lending Library*[https://archive.org/streamdetails/trespassersonroo0000hopk/page/cu31924024155206 158 "Chapter 10. Lhasa – At Last"] page 159 ''Trespassers on the Roof of the World : the Secret Exploration of Tibet'' by Peter Hopkirk 1995. Archive.org] 1909 editionLending Library. Peter Hopkirk was with ''The Times of London'' for nineteen years, as chief reporter and Middle and Far East specialist.==References==<references/>{{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}