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Mahsud Expedition 1881
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| Mahsud Expedition 1881 | ||
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| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns | ||
| Date: | 16 April-22 May 1881 | |
| Location: | Waziristan, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 32.283321°N 69.54989°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Mahsud tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Tank Column: Brig Gen T.G.Kennedy Bannu Column: Brig Gen J.J.H.Gordon |
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| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Field Force
Bannu Column
Brig Gen J J H Gordon CB
- No 1 Battery 8th Brigade Royal Artillery
- Kohat Mountain Battery|No 1 (Kohat) Mountain Battery (2 guns)
- 4th Batt Rifle Brigade (480 men)
- 18th Bengal Cavalry (326 men)
- No 6 Company Sappers and Miners (124 men)
- 5th Punjab infantry (596 men)
- 14th Native Infantry (503 men)
- 20th Punjab Native Infantry (461 men)
- 21st Punjab Native Infantry (610 men)
- 30th Punjab Native Infantry (426 men)
Tank Column
Brig Gen T G Kennedy CB
- No 2 (Derajat) Mountain Battery (3 guns)
- No 3 (Peshawar) Mountain Battery
- No 4 (Hazara) Mountain Battery (3 guns)
- 1st Punjab Cavalry (100 men)
- 4th Punjab Cavalry (190 men)
- 8th Company Sappers and Miners (70 men)
- 1st Sikh Infantry (465 men)
- 4th Sikh Infantry (466 men)
- 1st Punjab Infantry (423 men)
- 2nd Punjab Infantry (460 men)
- 3rd Punjab Infantry (461 men)
- 4th Punjab Infantry (464 men)
- 6th Punjab Infantry (475 men)
- 24th Punjab Infantry (Pioneers) (378 men)
External Links
Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Google Books - Mahsud Expedition
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