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[[Category:Battles|Malakand Field Expedition 1897]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Punitive Expeditions|Punitive Expeditions]]
|date=7 August 1897
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakand Malakand, NWF]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.584017,71.937464&z=14&t=h&hl=en 34.584017°N 71.937464°E]
|result= Submission of tribes
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Swat Valley tribes
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101031930/ Maj Gen Sir Bindon Blood KCB]
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Malakand Field Force ==
'''First Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG''<br>1st Batt Royal West Kent Regt<br>24th Punjab Infantry<br>31st Punjab Infantry<br>24th Sikhs<br>
'''Second Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen P.D.Jeffries CB''<br>1st Batt East Kent Regt<br>35th Sikhs<br>38th Dogras<br>Guides Infantry<br>
'''Third Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen J.H.Wodehouse CB CMG''<br>1st Batt Royal West Surrey Regt<br>2nd Batt Highland Light Infantry<br>22nd Punjab Infantry<br>39th Garhwal Rifles<br>
'''Divisional Troops'''<br>10th Bengal Lancers (1 Squadron)<br>11th Bengal Lancers (1 Squadron)<br>10th Field Battery Royal Artillery<br>No1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>No7 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>No8 Bengal Mountain Battery<br>No3 Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners<br>No4 Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners<br>No5 Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners<br>21st Punjab Infantry<br>1 Section British Field Hospital<br>2 Sections Native Field Hospitals<br>
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SRwabd8SRVwC&pg=PA9&dq=Contents+malakand#PPA9,M1 Google Books - The Story of the Malakand Field Force]
== Recommended Reading ==
Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 <br>Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0
[[Category:Punitive Expeditions|Malakand Field Expedition 1897]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Punitive Expeditions|Punitive Expeditions]]
|date=7 August 1897
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakand Malakand, NWF]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.584017,71.937464&z=14&t=h&hl=en 34.584017°N 71.937464°E]
|result= Submission of tribes
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Swat Valley tribes
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101031930/ Maj Gen Sir Bindon Blood KCB]
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Malakand Field Force ==
'''First Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG''<br>1st Batt Royal West Kent Regt<br>24th Punjab Infantry<br>31st Punjab Infantry<br>24th Sikhs<br>
'''Second Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen P.D.Jeffries CB''<br>1st Batt East Kent Regt<br>35th Sikhs<br>38th Dogras<br>Guides Infantry<br>
'''Third Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen J.H.Wodehouse CB CMG''<br>1st Batt Royal West Surrey Regt<br>2nd Batt Highland Light Infantry<br>22nd Punjab Infantry<br>39th Garhwal Rifles<br>
'''Divisional Troops'''<br>10th Bengal Lancers (1 Squadron)<br>11th Bengal Lancers (1 Squadron)<br>10th Field Battery Royal Artillery<br>No1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>No7 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>No8 Bengal Mountain Battery<br>No3 Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners<br>No4 Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners<br>No5 Coy Bombay Sappers & Miners<br>21st Punjab Infantry<br>1 Section British Field Hospital<br>2 Sections Native Field Hospitals<br>
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SRwabd8SRVwC&pg=PA9&dq=Contents+malakand#PPA9,M1 Google Books - The Story of the Malakand Field Force]
== Recommended Reading ==
Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 <br>Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0
[[Category:Punitive Expeditions|Malakand Field Expedition 1897]]
