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[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Orakzai Expedition 1855]]
#REDIRECT [[Orakzai Expedition]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908]]
|date=25 August-7 October 1855
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orakzai_Agency Orakzai Agency, NWF]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.61429,70.88409&z=10&t=h&hl=en approx 33.61429°N 70.88409°E] 
|result= Submission of tribes
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UQUtQzPtC6wC&pg=PA185&vq=Rabia&dq=Rabia+Khel&as_brr=3&source=gbs_search_s&cad=0 Rabia Khel Orakzai tribesmen]
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101032352/ Brig Gen Neville Chamberlain]
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Field Force ==
Peshawar Mountain Train Battery (4 guns)
*No 3 Punjab Field Battery (5 guns)
*[[4th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Punjab Cavalry]]
*[[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Infantry]]
*[[2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Infantry]]
*[[3rd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Punjab Infantry]]
*A number of Tribal Levies
 
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orakzai Orakzai tribesmen]
 
== Recommended Reading ==
Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 <br>Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0

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