Tirah campaign

Tirah campaign
	; Though wounded, Sergeant George Findlater continues to play the pipes while the Highlanders storm Dargai Heights.
Date	3 September 1897 – 4 April 1898 (7 months and 1 day)
Location	Tirah Valley, British India
Result	British victory
Belligerents
British India	Afridi ; Orakzai ; Chamkani
Commanders and leaders
	William Lockhart
Strength
34,882 ; 20,000 camp followers	40,000-50,000
Casualties and losses
1,150 British casualties; Unknown British Indians casualties	Unknown casualties

The Tirah campaign, often referred to in contemporary British accounts as the Tirah expedition, was an Indian frontier campaign from September 1897 to April 1898. Tirah is a mountainous tract of country in what was formerly known as Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

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