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 Empire  British India	Afridi Orakzai Chamkani
Commanders and leaders
William Lockhart Pratap Singh	Gul Badshah
Strength
34,882[1] 20,000 camp followers	40,000-50,000[1]
Casualties and losses
1,150 British casualties[2] Unknown British Indians casualties	Unknown casualties [3]

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.