Expeditions Undertaken Against Frontier Tribes
Since The Annexation Of The Punjab
Year. | Tribes against which undertaken. | Name of Commander. | Number of troops employed *. | Total British casualties. |
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1849 | Villages of British and independent Baeza (Swat). | Lieutenant-Colonel J.Bradshaw, C.B. | 2,300 | 51 |
1850 | Kohat Pass Afridis . | Brigadier Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.B., (accompanied by the Commander-in-Chief, General Sir C. J. Napier, G.C.B.). | 3,200 | 94 |
1851 | Villages of British Miranzai. | Captain J. Coke | 2,500 (including 655 levies). | 5 |
1851-2 | Mohmands | Brigadier Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.B. | 1,597 | 9 |
1852 | Mohmands (Affair at Panjpao). | 600 | 10 | |
1852 | Ravizai . | 3,270 | 40 | |
1852 | Utman Khel . | 2,200 | 18 | |
1852 | Umarzai (Ahmadzai) Wazirs. | Major J. Nicholson . | 1,597 | 28 |
1852-3 | Hasanzai | Lieutenant-Colonel F. Mackeson, C.B. | 3,800 (including Kashmir troops, levies, and police, but excluding the reserve). | 18 |
1853 | Hindustani Fanatics | 2,000 (including Kashmir troops). | Nil | |
1853 | Shiranis . | Brigadier J. S. Hodgson. | 2,795 | Nil |
1853 | Bori Afrfdis . | Colonel S. B. Boileau | 1,740 | 39 |
1854 | Michni Mohmands . | Colonel S. J. Cotton | 1,782 | I? |
1855 | Aka Khel Afridis . | Lieutenant-Colonel J.H. Craigie, C.B. | 1,500 | 34 |
1855 | Villages of British Miranzai. | Brigadier N.B. Chamberlain. | 3,766 | i5 |
1855 | Rabia Khel Orakzais | 2,457 | 15 | |
1856 | Turis | 4,896 (including 150 levies). | 8 | |
1857 | British villages on the Yusufzai border. | Major J. L. Vaughan | 400 In attack on Shaikh Jana. | 5 |
990 (including 140 levies) in the first attack on Narinji. | 26 | |||
1,625 (including 323 levies) in the second attack on Narinji. | 9 | |||
1859 | Khudu Khel and Hindustani Fanatics | Major-General Sir S.J. Cotton, K.C.B. | 4,877 | 35 |
1859-60 | Kabul KhelWazIrs. | Brigadier-General Sir N.B. Chamberlain, C.B. | 5,372 (including 1,456 police and levies). | 20 |
1860 | Mahsuds . | 6,796 (including 1,600 levies). | 361 | |
1863 | Hindustani Fanatics | Brigadier-General Sir N.B. Chamberlain, K.C.B., and subsequently Major-General J. Garvok. | 9,000 | 908 |
1864 | Mohmands | Colonel A. Macdonell, C.B. | 1,801 | 19 |
1868 | Bizoti Orakzai . | Major L.B. Jones . | 970 (including 140 police and levies) | 55 |
1868 | Black Mountain Tribes. | Major-General A.T. Wilde, C.B., C.S.I, | 12,544 (exclusive of a reserve of 2,218). | 98 # |
1869 | Bizoti Orakzai. | Lieutenant-Colonel C.P. Keyes, C.B. | 2,080 (including 419 police and levies) . | 36 |
1872 | Dauris . | Brigadier-General C.P. Keyes, C.B. | 1,826 | 6 |
1877 | Jowaki Afridis | Colonel D. Mocatta . | i,730 (exclusive of levies). | 11 |
1877-8 | Brigadier-Generals C.P. Keyes, C.B., and C.C.G. Ross, C.B. | 7,400 | 61 | |
1878 | Ulman Khel . | Captain W. Battye . | 280 | 8 |
1878 | Ranizai . | Major R.B.P.P. Campbell. | 860 | Nil |
1878 | Utman Khel . | Lieutenant-Colonel F.H. Jenkins. | 875 | i |
1878 | Zakka Khel Afridis. | Lieutenant-Colonel F.F.Maude, V.C.,C.B. | 2,500 | ii |
1878 | Powindas, Sulaiman Khel, and others | Colonel H.F.M. Boisragon. | 640 | 13 |
1879 | Zakka Khel Afridis. | Lieutenant-Colonel F.F. Maude, V.C.,C.B. | 3,750 | 18 |
1879 | Mohmands (Affair at Kara Dakka). | Captain O'M.Creagh, and subsequently Major J. R. Dyce. | 600 | 24 |
1879 | Zaimnkhts | Brigadier-General J.A.Tytler,V.C.,C.B. | 3,226 | 5 |
1880 | Mohmands | Brigadier-General J. Doran, C.B., and Colonel T.W.R. Boisragon. | 2,300 | 5 |
1880 | Bhittannis | Lieutenant-Colonel P.C. Rynd. | 721 | 5 |
1880 | Kabul Khel (Utmanzai) Wazirs. | Brigadier-General J.J.H. Gordon, C.B. | 800 | Nil |
1881 | Mahsuds | Brigadier-Generals T.G. Kennedy, C.B., and J. J. H. Gordon, C.B. | 8,531 | 32 |
1888 | Hasanzai, Akozai, Parari Saiyids and Tikariwal. | Major-General J.W. McQueen, C.B., A.D.C. | 12,554 | |
1890 | Kidderzai Section of Largha Shiranis. | General Sir G.S.White V C G C B | 1,750 + | 1 |
1891 | Hasanzai and Akozai | Major-General W.K. Elles, C.B. | 7,300 | 48 |
1891 | Orakzai . | Major-General Sir W.S.A. Lockhart, K.C.B., C.S.I. | 7,381 | 95 |
1892 | Isazai Clans . | 5,997 | Nil | |
1894-5 | Mahsuds | 10,631 | 23 | |
1896 | Umra Khan of Jandol (Chitral Relief Force). | Major-General Sir R.C. Low, K.C.B. | 14,900 | 122 |
1897 | (1) Swatis and Utman Khel. (2) Bunerwal and Chamlawal. | Major-General Sir Bindon Blood, K.C.B. | 8,071 | 532 |
1897 | Darwesh Khel Wazirs | |||
1897 | Mohmands | Major-General E.R. Elles, C.B. | 6,458 | 30 |
1897-8 | Darwesh Khel Wazirs | Major-General G. Corrie-Bird, C.B. | 7,262 | 17 |
1897-8 | Afridis and Orakzai | Major-General Sir W.S.A. Lockhart, K C B KC SI | 40,000 | 1,019 |
1900-1 | Mahsuds. | General W. Hill, C.B., 01 Dec 1900 to Aug 1901. Thereafter Brigadier- General Denning, D.S.O. | 12,448 | 136 |
1902 | Kabul Khel (Utmanzai) Wazirs. | Major-General Sir C.C. Egerton,K.C.B.,D.S.O. | 2,880 | 21 |