The Fight at Chagru Kotal, from the Camp at Shinowrie, North West Frontier, India, 1897
watercolour en grisaille, watercolour
Accession Number
NAM.1998-05-29-1
Description
The Fight at Chagru Kotal, from the Camp at Shinowri, North West Frontier, India, 1897. Watercolour en grisaille by Richard Caton Woodville (1856-1927), from a sketch by Surgeon Major H Hathaway, 1897. The work depicts troops of Lt Palmer’s main column, including the 15th Sikhs, leaving the tented camp of Shinawari to engage the Orakzai Ali Khels drawn up on the Dargai Heights.
Events
Dargai, Battle of, 1897 (India, North West Frontier, Tirah Expeditionary Force 1897-1898), Chagru Kotal, Action at, 1897 (India, North West Frontier, Tirah Expeditionary Force 1897-1898 )