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patched to quell the disturbance and punish the offenders. Further 
hostilities were of a trivial nature. 
No. 3 Peshawur Mountain Battery (Captain Giles) formed part of 
the Tochi force from July, 1897, to January, 1898, minor operations— 
fired seven shell, two star. Casualties : wounded one mule. 
No. 6 Bombay Mountain Battery (Captain J. F. Brown and after, 
Captain Williamson). One section under Captain Brown and Lieut. 
Cruickshank, formed part of the Maizar escort, treacherously attacked 
at close quarters, fired case and reversed shrapnel, and killed thirty- 
five of the enemy. Both officers killed, native N.C.O. Havildar-Major 
Muhammad Ismal took command of the section which covered the re¬ 
treat very steadily carrying its dead and wounded and constantly 
firing for four miles. Here Lieut, de Brett, R.A. of the Battery 
arrived from Datta Khel with men, mules and ammunition. Fired 
sixty shell, eight case, two star. Casualties : killed, two British 
officers, three men, four mules; wounded, two men, six mules. (Several 
men received the Order of Merit for their behaviour).* 
2. Malakand, operations in Swat. 
Here the artillery being partly pack and partly wheeled, the batt¬ 
eries were usually in action separately, it is worth noting that in the 
Buner expedition at the storming of the Tangai Pass, the three 
batteries engaged were firing over the heads of our infantry for four 
hours, only ceasing when the latter had reached to within 100 yards 
of the crest in which were the enemy's sangars. 
No. 10 Field, R.A. (Major Anderson) moved from Rawal Pindi 
within twelve hours of the orders to mobilize; heat (in August) intense, 
rapid and trying march from Nowshera to the Swat Valley. Action 
of Landikai (17th August), ranges 1,450 to 1,600 yards. Fired 132 
shrapnel—made wonderful marching in difficult country with use of 
ingenious makeshifts for passing along narrow tracks. Complimented 
in orders. Malakand force became Buner force in January, 1898, 
battery present at capture of Tangai Pass, in action 4f hours, ranges 
from 2,000 to 2,500 yards, fired 476 shrapnel, no casualties, several 
losses early in campaign among men and horses from intense heat. 
For No. 1 Mn. R.A., see Tirah. 
No. 7 Mn. R.A. (Major Fegen) marched from Baragalli in Murree 
Hills, thirty hours after orders to mobilize, entrained at Hasan Abdul 
on 31st July, having marched fifty-three miles in forty-six hours in 
awful weather, to assist in relief of the Malakand. Actions at Landakai 
17th August; marched to the Mohmand Valley, action at Agrah and 
Balai in September and October, 1897, and January, 1898, Buner 
expedition, capture of Tangai Pass. Casualties : one mule wounded, 
fired 164 shell. 
No. 8 Bengal Mountain Battery (Captain Birch) formed part of 
the original peace garrison of the Malakand, took part in the 
desperate and prolonged defence, firing star shell several nights and 
mornings, Lieut. Wynter being in command at the time (severely 
# For detailed account of the part played by No. 6 (Bombay) Mountain Battery, see ‘The 
Maizar Affair’ by Captain L. C. Gordon, R.A., R.A.I. “ Proceedings ”, Yol. XXIV., No. 12, 1897. 
