Black Mountain Expedition 1888
Black Mountain Expedition 1888 | ||
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Part of North West Frontier Campaigns | ||
Date: | 4 October-14 November 1888 | |
Location: | Black Mountain, NWF | |
Presidency: | Bengal | |
Co-ordinates: | 34.617016°N 72.992962°E | |
Result: | Submission of tribes | |
Combatants | ||
British & Indians | Hassanzai, Akozai,
Parari Saiyid and Tikariwal tribesmen | |
Commanders | ||
Maj Gen John McQueen CB ADC | ||
Strength | ||
Casualties | ||
See also Battle of Maidan
Hazara Field Force
First Brigade
Brig Gen G.N.Channer VC
Col J.M.Sym, 1st Batt 5th Gurkhas
4th Hazara Mountain Battery (4 guns)
1st Batt Northumberland Fusiliers
One Company 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
3rd Sikhs
1st Batt 5th Gurkhas
Half 3rd Company Sappers & Miners
Col R.H.O'G.Haly, 1st Batt Suffolk Regiment
1st South Irish Div. Royal Artillery (2 guns)
1st Batt Suffolk Regiment
40th Bengal Infantry
45th Sikhs
Second Brigade
Brig Gen W.Galbraith
Lieut Col M.S.J.Sunderland, 2nd Batt Royal Sussex Regiment
1st South Irish Div. Royal Artillery (2 guns)
2nd Dejarat Mountain Battery (2 guns)
2nd Batt Royal Sussex Regiment
14th Sikhs
Half 3rd Company Sappers & Miners
Khyber Rifles (296 men)
Reserve Column
2nd Batt Seaforth Highlanders
15th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
2nd Sikhs
Kashmir Contingent (1,392 men)
External links
North West Frontier Military History Wikipedia
Black Mountain Expeditions Sussex Regiment memorial
Black Mountain Imperial Gazetteer of India
Historical Books online
- Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I - Black Mountain Expedition 1888 archive.org
- Page 308 Memories of Seven Campaigns: a record of thirty-five years' service in the Indian Medical Department in India, China, Egypt, and the Sudan by James Howard Thornton, Deputy Surgeon General, Indian Medical Service, late Principal Medical Officer Punjab Frontier Force. 1895 Archive.org. (The author was in the Bengal Medical Service 1856-1891). The author was appointed principal medical officer of the Hazara Field Force.