Zhob Valley Expedition 1890-91

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Zhob Valley Expedition 1890-91
Part of Punitive Expeditions
Date: 1st phase; January-October 1890
November 1890-January 1891
Location: Zhob Valley, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 31.342392°N 69.445212°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Pakhtun tribesmen
Commanders
Sir Robert Sandeman
Maj Gen Sir George White VC
Strength
Casualties

Campaign Actions

Battle of Thanishpa 1890

Zhob Valley Field Force Phase 1

Two squadrons 18th Bengal Lancers
No 7 Mountain Battery Royal Artilllery
2nd Batt King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
No 1 Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners
2nd Baluch Batt 29th Bombay Infantry
3rd Baluch Batt 30th Bombay Infantry
Two Sections British Field Hospital
Five Sections Native Field Hospital

Zhob Valley Field Force Phase 2

One troop 1st Punjab Cavalry
One squadron 3rd Punjab Cavalry
No 1 (Kohat) Mountain Battery (4 guns)
Four Coys 1st Sikh Infantry
Four Coys 2nd Sikh Infantry
Four Coys 2nd Punjab Infantry

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Google Books - Sir Robert Sandeman & the Zhob Valley
ODNB - Sir George White

Recommended Reading

Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916
Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005
ISBN 1-845741-87-0