Advance to the Wenshoyi khel of Pangsha

B&W photographic print. 'Advance to the Wenshoyi khel of Pangsha; Major Williams with Gurkhas of the Assam Rifles. The platoon of 50 men, together with Mills and Haimendorf, was attacked by 500 Pangsha warriors an hour later. Five Pangsha men were killed, but the Column retired without loss.'


Date(s) of creation: 27 November 1936
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004244
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

Summary: B&W photographic print. 'Advance to the Wenshoyi khel of Pangsha; Major Williams with Gurkhas of the Assam Rifles. The platoon of 50 men, together with Mills and Haimendorf, was attacked by 500 Pangsha warriors an hour later. Five Pangsha men were killed, but the Column retired without loss.'
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
Extent: 1 photograph
Note: Naga Hills (India)
Naga (South Asian people)
Ao (Indic people)
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright held by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf
Language: No linguistic content
Scripts: Unwritten
Format: Archive