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==Punjab Irregular Force== | ==Punjab Irregular Force== | ||
No 2 Light Field Battery | No 2 Light Field Battery | ||
*Detachment Garrison Artillery | |||
*[[5th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Punjab Cavalry]] | |||
*Sind Camel Corps | |||
*Wing [[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Infantry]] | |||
*Wing [[3rd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Punjab Infantry]] | |||
*2nd Police Battalion | |||
*6th Police Battalion | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1849-1858 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1849-1858 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions] | ||
Revision as of 16:55, 14 May 2009
| Shirani Expedition | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908 | ||
| Date: | April 1853 | |
| Location: | Takht-i-Sulaiman area Dera Ismail Khan District, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 30.691806°N 70.517304°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Shirani & Kasrani tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Brig Gen J.S.Hodgson | ||
| Strength | ||
| 2,795 | ||
| Casualties | ||
| None | ||
Punjab Irregular Force
No 2 Light Field Battery
- Detachment Garrison Artillery
- 5th Punjab Cavalry
- Sind Camel Corps
- Wing 1st Punjab Infantry
- Wing 3rd Punjab Infantry
- 2nd Police Battalion
- 6th Police Battalion
External Links
Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Recommended Reading
Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916
Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005
ISBN 1-845741-87-0