Ambela campaign
1863 Anglo-Afghan military conflict in British India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ambela campaign (also called Umbeyla, Umbeylah, and Ambeyla) of 1863 was one of many expeditions in the border area between the Emirate of Afghanistan and the North-West Frontier of British India against the 'fanatics' at Malka, a colony of malcontents or bigoted muslims in the Yusufzai country.[4][5][6]
Ambela campaign | |||||||
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Part of the North-West Frontier Wars | |||||||
A British picket and camp during the expedition | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
State of Swat Yusufzai Bunerwal tribe | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Neville Bowles Chamberlain (WIA) John Garvock John Paton Davidson † Henry Howard Chapman † |
Saidu Baba Sultan Muhammad Khan Sardar Darwiz Khan | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
6,000
| 15,000 men | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3,000+ casualties including 1,000+ British [3] | Unknown |
A force led by Neville Bowles Chamberlain planned to destroy Malka. They set up an operational base in the Chamla Valley which could be reached via the Ambela Pass, but they were soon bogged down by a numerically superior local force, and were attacked by the Swati, Bunerwal and Hindustani tribesmen.[7] Reinforcements drafted in by the local Commander-in-Chief broke through the pass, forcing the Bunerwals and various Khans and leaders to accept peace. The expedition broke the power of the 'fanatics' but resulted in the loss of 1,000 British casualties and an unknown number of Indian casualties.[8]