THE INDIAN CAMPAIGNS, 1897-8. 
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transport passed up to equip four large forces taking the field in 
different directions. 
As troops fitted into their places, all danger of inroad ceased, 
and preparations for aggression on our part were pushed on. 
In August and September the following forces were in the field :— 
I. Artillery. 
/ 
Malakand Field Force, three 
Comdg. Sir Bindon- 
i.B., R.E. 
II. 
brigades. 
Blood, k.i 
No. 10 Fd. R.A. 
No. 1 Mn. R.A. 
No. 7 Mn. R.A. 
No. 8 Bengal M.B. 
Colonel W. 
Aitken, c.b., 
A.D.C., R.A. 
Mohmand Field Force, two 
brigades, Comdg. Major-General 
Elies, c.b., R.A. 
III. 
Kohat Kurram Field Force, 
not organised by brigades ; 
(strength about two brigades, 
largely cavalry), Comdg. Major- 
General Yeatman-Biggs, c.b., 
R.A. 
IV. 
C No. 3 Mn. R.A. ) Colonel A. E. 
1 No. 5 Bombay M.B. f Duthy, R.A. 
No. 3 Fd. R.A. 
No. 9 Fd. R.A. 
No. 2 Derajat M.B. 
Waziristan Field Force, two 
brigades, Comdg. Major-General 
Corrie Bird, c.b. 
( No. 3 Peshawur M.B. 
^ No. 6 Bombay M.B. 
! 
Y. 
In addition to these troops, a considerable force of observation was 
stationed about the mouth of the Khyber and the Bara, at Forts 
Bara and Jamrud. 
Force round the Khyber and 
the Bara. 
f F' R.H.A. 
4 K , R.H.A. 
No. 57 Fd. R.A. 
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(The doings of each battery will be recorded separately). 
In October, arrangements were complete for advancing on 
Tirah, the forces numbered I. and IV., in Swat and the Tochi re¬ 
mained unchanged, the Mohmand Field Force and the Kohat-Kurram 
Force became merged in the Tirah expedition, the latter force 
(Kohat-Kurram) having previously spent many arduous weeks in 
constant countermarching and fighting to protect a very large area 
of country. 
