Tochi Expedition

{{short description|Anglo-Pashtun conflict}}

The Tochi Expedition was a punitive visit by Anglo-Indian troops to the Tochi Valley, Waziristan in 1897 to put down a rebellion there.{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66527718|title=The Tochi trouble|publisher=The Inquirer & Commercial News|date=30 July 1897|accessdate=22 June 2013}}

The rebellion started with an attack by the Madda Khel section of the Waziris in June 1897.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/riflebrigadechr02owngoog#page/n130/mode/2up|title=The Rifle Brigade Chronicle|year=1898 |page=113|accessdate=22 June 2013}}

The Tochi Valley Field Force assembled in response was commanded by General Corrie Bird{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/riflebrigadechr02owngoog#page/n130/mode/2up|title=The Rifle Brigade Chronicle|year=1898 |page=121|accessdate=22 June 2013}} and included the 1st Brigade under the command of Brigadier-General Charles Egerton.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/riflebrigadechr02owngoog#page/n130/mode/2up|title=The Rifle Brigade Chronicle|year=1898 |page=124|accessdate=22 June 2013}} The rebellion was finally put down in October 1897.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/riflebrigadechr02owngoog#page/n130/mode/2up|title=The Rifle Brigade Chronicle|year=1898 |page=133|accessdate=22 June 2013}}