Sikkim expedition

Lingtu
Lingtu
	Lingtu
Highest point
Coordinates	27°16′08″N 88°47′34″E
Geography
Parent range	Himalaya

Sikkim expedition
	; The theatre of war in Sikkim
Date	15 March – 27 September 1888
Location	Sikkim: Dzuluk (Chinese: 扎鲁)，; Lungthung (Chinese: 隆吐山)，; Gnathong (Chinese: 纳塘), ; Chumbi Valley
Result	British Indian victory
Belligerents
Qing China Tibet;	United Kingdom India;
Commanders and leaders
Wen Shuo; Lhalu Yeshe Norbu Wangchug	Thomas Graham

The Sikkim expedition (Chinese: 隆吐山戰役; pinyin: Lóngtǔ Shān Zhànyì; lit. 'Battle of the Longtu Mountain') was an 1888 British military expedition to expel Tibetan forces from the Kingdom of Sikkim. The roots of the conflict lay in British–Tibetan competition for suzerainty over Sikkim.

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