Operations in the Tochi

Operations in the Tochi
Part of World War I
Date November 1914–March 1915 [1] Location Tochi river flows East from the tribal territories, through North Waziristan, North-West Frontier Province Result Anglo-Indian victory
Belligerents
British Empire	Khost tribesmen
Commanders and leaders
Major-General Sir Vere Bonamy Fane Cpt. Eustace Jotham †	Tribesmen leader
Units involved
Bannu Brigade Local militia	Khost tribesmen
Strength
	7,000 tribesmen
Casualties and losses
Unknown, light[2]	250+ killed[2]

The Operations in the Tochi (28 November 1914–27 March 1915) were carried out by the Indian Army during World War I on the North West Frontier. The Tochi river flows East from the tribal territories, through North Waziristan, to join the Kurram and the Indus rivers. On the 28 and 29 November a raid by 2,000 tribesmen from Khost was defeated by the North Waziristan Militia near Miranshah, on the Tochi. The next January the militia again defeated a raid by tribesmen which had attacked Spina Khaisora. On 25–26 March a force of over 7,000 tribesmen, threatened Miranshah, but was defeated by the Bannu Brigade together with the local militia.^[3]