Sikkim expedition

Sikkim expedition
Part of the Century of Humiliation

The theatre of war in Sikkim
Date15 March – 27 September 1888
Location
Sikkim: Dzuluk (Chinese: 扎鲁),
Lungthung (Chinese: 隆吐山),
Gnathong (Chinese: 纳塘),
Chumbi Valley (Chinese: 春丕河谷)
Result British Indian victory
Belligerents

 Qing China

 Britain

Commanders and leaders
Qing dynasty Wen Shuo
Qing dynasty Lhalu Yeshe Norbu Wangchug		 British Empire Thomas Graham
Lingtu
Lingtu is located in Sikkim
Lingtu
Lingtu
Highest point
Coordinates27°16′08″N 88°47′34″E / 27.2688°N 88.7927°E / 27.2688; 88.7927
Geography
Parent rangeHimalayas

The Sikkim expedition (Chinese: 隆吐山戰役; pinyin: Lóngtǔ Shān Zhànyì; lit. 'Battle of the Longtu Mountain') was an 1888 British military expedition to expel Tibetan forces from Sikkim. The roots of the conflict lay in British–Tibetan competition for suzerainty over Sikkim.