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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Following their defeat at the [[Battle of Sittana]] in 1858 the Hindustani Fanatics built up a new settlement at Malka and began raiding settlements in British territory. The Governor of the Punjab sent an expedition under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Bowles_Chamberlain Brigadier Neville Bowles Chamberlain]. The British met strong opposition from Bunerwal tribesmen at the Ambela Pass and were held up for four weeks. After Chamberlain was wounded, he was replaced by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Garvock Major General John Garvock] who broke out of the pass and eventually obtained the submission of the Bunerwals. The British burned Malka but suffered 1,000 casualties.
Following their defeat at the [[Battle of Sittana]] in 1858 the Hindustani Fanatics built up a new settlement at Malka and began raiding settlements in British territory. The Governor of the Punjab sent an expedition under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Bowles_Chamberlain Brigadier Neville Bowles Chamberlain]. The British met strong opposition from Bunerwal tribesmen at the Ambela Pass and were held up for four weeks. After Chamberlain was wounded, he was replaced by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Garvock Major General John Garvock] who broke out of the pass and eventually obtained the submission of the Bunerwals. The British burned Malka but suffered 1,000 casualties.
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br>
http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/77/mode/1up Neville Bowles Chamberlain (1820-1902)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/160/mode/1up John Garvock (18??-1878)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/451/mode/1up Alfred Thomas Wilde (1819-1878)]<br>


== Ambela Field Force ==
== Ambela Field Force ==

Revision as of 14:58, 11 January 2011

Ambela Campaign
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date: 18 October-23 December 1863
Location: Ambela Pass, Buner, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.398975°N 72.490498°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British Yusufzai tribesmen
Commanders
Brig Gen N Chamberlain
Strength
Casualties
238 killed
670 wounded
3,000 killed & wounded
Ambela Pass 1909

Summary

Following their defeat at the Battle of Sittana in 1858 the Hindustani Fanatics built up a new settlement at Malka and began raiding settlements in British territory. The Governor of the Punjab sent an expedition under Brigadier Neville Bowles Chamberlain. The British met strong opposition from Bunerwal tribesmen at the Ambela Pass and were held up for four weeks. After Chamberlain was wounded, he was replaced by Major General John Garvock who broke out of the pass and eventually obtained the submission of the Bunerwals. The British burned Malka but suffered 1,000 casualties.

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:
http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/77/mode/1up Neville Bowles Chamberlain (1820-1902)]
John Garvock (18??-1878)
Alfred Thomas Wilde (1819-1878)

Ambela Field Force

First Brigade
Col W.W.Turner CB, 97th Foot

Second Brigade
Lt Col A.T.Wilde CB, Corps of Guides

Divisional Troops

Reinforcements arrived December

External Links

North West Frontier Military History Wikipedia
NWF Expeditions www.antiquesatoz.com
Ambela Campaign British Empire
Ambela Campaign Google Books
Ambela Imperial Gazetteer
Lieut Pitcher VC Wikipedia
Lieut Fosbery VC Wikipedia

Historical Books on-line

Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I - Ambela Campaign archive.org
Forty-one Years in India from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief by Field Marshal Lord Roberts od Kandahar 1900 Umbeyla Expedition archive.org