Hazara Expedition of 1888

The Hazara Expedition of 1888,[1] also known as the Black Mountain Expedition[2] or the First Hazara Expedition, was a military campaign by the British against the tribes of Kala Dhaka (then known as the Black Mountains of Hazara) in the Hazara region of what is now Pakistan.

On June 18, 1888 two British officers and four Gurkha soldiers were killed in an altercation between British reconnaissance patrols and antagonistic tribes. As a response, the Hazara Field Force was assembled and began its march on October 4, 1888, after an ultimatum had not been satisfied by the tribes by October 2, 1888.[3] The first phase of the campaign ended with the Hassanzai and Akazai tribes requesting an armistice on October 19, 1888. The second phase of the campaign targeted the tribes that lived north of Black Mountain such as the Allaiwals. The campaign ended when the Allaiwal village of Pokal was occupied and destroyed by the British on November 2 and 3, 1888.[3]

References

  1. ↑  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "McQueen, John Withers". Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement​ 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ↑ Roll of Honour - Sussex - Eastbourne - Royal Sussex Regiment Memorial
  3. 1 2 Raugh, Harold E. The Victorians at War, 1815-1914: An Encyclopedia of British Military History. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2004, pp. 163-164, ISBN 978-1-57607-925-6.


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