Zakha Khel Expedition 1908
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| Zakha Khel Expedition 1908 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1947 | ||
| Date: | February 1908 | |
| Location: | Khyber Agency, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | approx 34.00271°N 71.178358°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Zakha Khel Afridi tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj-Gen Sir James Willcocks KCMG CB DSO | ||
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Alternative spelling Zakka Khel
Also known as the Bazar Valley Campaign 1908
Also the subsequent Mohmand Expedition.
Zakha Khel Field Force 1908
First Brigade
Brig-Gen C A Anderson
- 1st Btn Royal Warwickshire Regiment
- 53rd Sikhs
- 59th Scinde Rifles
- 2nd Btn 5th Gurkhas
- Sections A & B No1 British Field Hospital
- No 101 Native Field Hospital
- Sections A & B No 102 Native Field Hospital
- Brigade Supply Column
Second Brigade
Maj-Gen A A Barrett
- 1st Btn Seaforth Highlanders
- 28th Punjabis
- 45th Sikhs
- 54th Sikhs
- Sections C & D No1 British Field Hospital
- No 103 Native Field Hospital
- Sections C & D No 102 Native Field Hospital
- Brigade Supply Column
Third Brigade (Reserve)
Maj-Gen Watkis
- 1st Btn Royal Munster Fusiliers
- 55th Coke's Rifles
- 1st Btn 6th Gurkhas
- 23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery
- Sections A & B No 2 British Field Hospital
- No 112 Native Field Hospital
- Sections A & B No 113 Native Field Hospital
- Brigade Supply Column
Divisional Troops
- Two Squadrons 19th Lancers
- Two Squadrons 37th Lancers
- No 3 Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
- 22nd Dejarat Mountain Battery
- Nos 6 Coy 1st Sappers and Miners
- Three Sections Nos 9 Coy 2nd Sappers and Miners
- 23rd Sikh Pioneers
- 25th Punjabis
- No 105 Native Field Hospital
British Library holdings
- The Zakka Khel and Mohmand Expeditions. Compiled and edited by C. V. Miles ... Being a detailed account of the field operations against these tribes and containing both the official and press version of the expeditions, also giving a list of casualties, and recommendations for rewards, &c. UIN: BLL01002491516
- (Parliamentary Papers) East India (North-West Frontier) : Papers regarding I. Orakzais: request of certain clans to be taken under British administration. II. Zakka Khel Afridis: operations. III. Mohmands: operations / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of His Majesty. 1908. UIN: BLL01013022216
- Note, it is possible the text for Part II may be the same as that available online below
External Links
- North West Frontier Military History Wikipedia
- NWF Expeditions www.antiquesatoz.com
- Bazar Valley Campaign 1908 Wikipedia
- Details of the book North West Frontier 1908: The Zakka Khel and Mohmand Campaigns by Peter Duckers, published by Spink (Medal Dealers) 2006. Contains detailed listings of Honours and Awards to both British and Indian units, detailed Casualty lists etc. Available through some Medal dealers, eg Dixons Medals.
Historical books online
- Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume 2 Supplement A, Operations against the Zakka Khel Afridis Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1908 Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.
- Page 26 contains a list of killed and wounded.
- This supplement is also available as a pdf download, Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset, (if the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books').
- "Despatch on the recent operations on the Mohmand border, in the Khyber, and the country of the Mohmands" London Gazette Supplement August 14, 1908.
- Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume 1, supplement A: Operations against the Mohmands (including operations in the Khaiber, 1st-7th May) available under the title Operations against the Mohmands 1908, Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. Unfortunately the file is somewhat unsatisfactory. There is no Contents page and many pages are duplicated. For Chapter 2, go to digital file page 21, and for Chapter 3, df p29. At least the following pages appear to be missing in addition to the Contents: (actual) p 34-35 and Appendix page i. The supplement Operations against the Mohmands is also available to download as a pdf from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. This edition possibly may be better quality than the DLI edition. If the catalogue entry does not have a download, look under 'Books'.
- Mohmand Expedition. Page 185 Khaki and Gown : an Autobiography by Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood 1941. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
- Campaigns on the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1912 Archive.org. Missing Map III at the back of the book.