![]() ![]() I tried logging in a few days ago to get the message that I was banned from the 'forum' with the reason being 'scamming'. ![]() ![]() That's all I do, no leaving the inner-city for anything anymore. The expedition lasted until January 1898 and cost the British 287 dead and 853 wounded.My IGN on DF is Brooklyn and I barely even play besides logging in from time to time to see if any of my items were bought. From here, columns were sent out to pacify the surrounding valleys and regain control of the Khyber Pass. Lockhart’s force then fought its way into Tirah and established a fortified camp at Maidan. Lockhart’s infantry suffered heavy casualties in the open ground in front of the Afridi positions, but the ridge was eventually stormed by the 1st Gordon Highlanders and 1st/2nd Gurkhas to the sound of Piper George Findlater's bagpipes. The two tribes had attacked several forts, but also captured posts in the Khyber Pass, which bordered the north of their territory.Īs Lockhart’s main force crossed the Samana Mountains, it found its route blocked by 12,000 tribesmen occupying a steep ridge at Dargai. The largest operation, involving 35,000 troops and 20,000 camp followers, under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir William Lockhart, was mounted in October 1897 against the Afridis and Orakzais in the Tirah. Soon after, Low’s force arrived to disperse the remaining tribesmen. On 20 April, they found Robertson and his 300 men still fighting on. The larger column, 15,000 British and Indian troops under Major General Sir Robert Low, fought their way through the Malakand Pass and up the Swat Valley, while 500 men of the 32nd Punjab Pioneers under Lieutenant-Colonel James Kelly set off from Kashmir, 200 miles away.ĭespite having to march across wild, snow-covered terrain, Kelly’s men reached Chitral first. They held out for six weeks while two columns marched to their aid. Robertson and his men retreated to a small fort, which was promptly besieged by tribesmen. Their endeavours were unsuccessful and an uprising began. ![]() In early 1895, the British sent a force to Chitral, under the command of the political agent Surgeon Major George Robertson, to oversee the transition of power there after a ruler had been murdered. The adoption of the ‘Forward’ policy led to an escalation of violence in the 1890s. ![]()
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