Operations against the Marri and Khetran tribes
Operations against the Marri and Khetran tribes (also known as the Marri Punitive Expedition) was the British name for a punitive expedition carried out against the Marri and Khetran tribes of Balochistan, British India between February and April 1918. The Marri rose against the British authorities around 18 February, encouraged by rumours that the British were short of manpower due to the First World War. British attempts at conciliation were repulsed and, on 20 February, a major attack was made by 1,000 – 3,000 Marri upon the British post at . This attack was repulsed by a much smaller British force that inflicted heavy losses upon the Marri. A subsequent withdrawal of British forces from Kohlu and its occupation by the Marri led the Khetrans to join the rising. The town of Barkhan was o
191823rd Peshawar Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)April 1918Bahawalpur RegimentFebruary 1918Harold Watson (cricketer, born 1893)Indian Army during World War IList of wars: 1900–1944Marri-Bugti CountryMarri Punitive ExpeditionMarri punitive expeditionMichael Willoughby, 11th Baron MiddletonMilitary history of the North-West FrontierOperations against the Marri and Khetran tribes (1918)Philip Miles (Indian Army officer)
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Operations against the Marri and Khetran tribes
Operations against the Marri and Khetran tribes (also known as the Marri Punitive Expedition) was the British name for a punitive expedition carried out against the Marri and Khetran tribes of Balochistan, British India between February and April 1918. The Marri rose against the British authorities around 18 February, encouraged by rumours that the British were short of manpower due to the First World War. British attempts at conciliation were repulsed and, on 20 February, a major attack was made by 1,000 – 3,000 Marri upon the British post at . This attack was repulsed by a much smaller British force that inflicted heavy losses upon the Marri. A subsequent withdrawal of British forces from Kohlu and its occupation by the Marri led the Khetrans to join the rising. The town of Barkhan was o
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Operations against the Marri a ...... part of the Marri Field Force.
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*British India
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1918-02-18
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British victory
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Part of the British force retu ...... thern border of Marri country.
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* British India
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*Marri tribe
*Khetran tribe
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Khair Bux Mari
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Richard Wapshare
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Operations against the Marri and Khetran tribes
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1918-05-21
1918-05-31
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1919-03-17
1919-05-30
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the conflicts on the North-West Frontier
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North-Eastern Balochistan, British India
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British victory
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