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57th Field Battery (Major Helyar) moved to Peshawur from 
Campbellpore in August, 1897, hurried out to Fort Bara, formed part 
of Bara Column of Tirah Expedition, accompanying that force up the 
Bara as far as Ilam Gudr. Accompanied this Bara Column (now 5th 
Brigade, Tirah Expeditionary Force) up the Khyber to Landi Kotal; 
various reconnaissances and minor engagements ; fired 123 rounds; 
casualties; one driver wounded. 
No 1 Mountain Battery, R.A. (Major Norton) formed part of the 
Malakand Force; took part in Mohmand Expedition ; joined 1st 
Division Tirah Force in October, marching via Kohat Pass; actions at 
Kharrappa ; forcing of Sampagha and Arhanga Passes; various minor 
actions; fired 205 shell, twenty-two case, and twenty-eight star; 
casualties : killed, three mules ; wounded, four soldiers, two followers 
and six animals. 
No. 3 Mountain Battery, R.A., (Lieut.-Colonel Dacres Cunningham) 
served with General Elies’ division of the Mohmand Field Force; 
actions of Bedmanai Pass and at Jarobi; Tirah Expedition with the 
Bara Column; action at Barkai; subsequent constant actions during 
re-occupation of Khyber; remained in Garrison of Landi Kotal after 
suspension of hostilities ; fired 123 shell; casualties: wounded, one 
driver. 
No 8 Mountain Battery, R.A., (Major Shirres, D.S.O.). Tirah 
Expeditionary Force, 2nd Division. Reconnaissance of Chagru 
Kotal, 18th October; battle of Dargai; capture of Sampagha and 
Arangha Passes; numerous minor actions; fired 1,407 shell and 
twenty-five star; casualties: killed, one driver and six mules ; 
wounded, nine men and five mules and ponies. 
No. 9 Mountain Battery, R.A. (Major Powell) formed part of Kohat 
Kurram Force for a short time; then joined 2nd Division of the Tirah 
Expeditionary Force; reconnaissance of the Chagru Kotal on 18th 
October; battle of Dargai; captures of Sampagha and Arhanga Passes; 
various minor actions; fired 775 shell and 96 case, casualties: 
killed, one driver, wounded, one driver, one muleteer and three 
mules. 
No. 1 (Kohat) Mountain Battery (Captain St. John), 1st Division 
Tirah Expeditionary Force, attached to 2nd Division for action of 
Dargai and returned to Shinawari; actions outside Kharrappa in 
Khanki Valley, one gun burst, another had sights shot away ; capture 
of Sampagha Pass ; operations in November against Mussazai, and 
attached to Kurram Force in operations against Chamkannis, where 
it inflicted heavy loss on the enemy ; operations in Waran in Decem¬ 
ber ; surprise of Karrana; actions at Aspoghar and Burj during 
re-occupation of the Khyber; fired 872 rounds; casualties : killed, 
three mules; wounded, two men and one mule. 
No 2 (Derajat) Mountain Battery (Captain Parker). Two sections 
served with Kohat-Kurram Force from 20th August to 15th October; 
marched from Hangu to Sada iu intense heat by forced marches 
with Colonel Richardson’s flying column, and again returned by forced 
