Second Brigade—Brigadier-General P. de Jeffreys: 1st Battalion Buffs, the 35th and 36th Sikhs, and the Infantry of the Guides.

Third Brigade—Brigadier-General J. H. Wodehouse, C.B., C.M.G.: 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, 21st Punjabis, and the 2nd Battalion 1st Gurkhas.

The divisional troops consisted of the 10th Hodson's Horse, 11th Probyn's Horse, four mountain batteries, and the 22nd Punjabis.

The losses sustained in the defence of the position prior to the operations of the army acting under Sir Bindon Blood amounted to—

Regiments.Officers.Men.
K.W.K.W.
Q.O. Guides-3327
24th Punjabis12824
31st Punjabis-21232
45th Sikhs1-428

No account of the defence of Malakand would be complete without an allusion to the gallant action of a company of the 45th Sikhs, under a subaltern, in holding on to the outpost of Chakdarra, a few miles farther up the pass. So sudden was the outburst that Lieutenant Rattray, the officer in command, was actually playing polo with the officers at Malakand when he heard of the threatened attack. He at once galloped back to the outpost, passing en route groups of the tribesmen, who made no attempt to hinder him. He arrived to find that his brother subaltern had commenced to prepare for the fray. That night they were attacked, and from July 25 until August 2 were continuously under fire. When they were relieved by the advance of a force from Malakand, the casualties in the company of the 45th Sikhs at Chakdarra amounted to 5 killed and 18 wounded, whilst the sergeant's party of the 11th Bengal Lancers lost 3 men.

While yet the force was being mobilized for the punishment of the Swatis for the attack on Malakand, the Mohmands raided some villages in the Peshawar Valley. The raiders were promptly punished by the Peshawar Division, under General Elles; but this was not deemed sufficient, and in the month of September Sir Bindon Blood, having dealt with the Swatis, advanced against the Mohmands from the north, the while that General Elles, with a well-equipped brigade, moved up from Peshawar.

Distribution of the Mohmand Field Force.

First Division: Major-General Sir Bindon Blood, K.C.B.