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| [[Category:Battles]] | | [[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns|Bazar Valley Expedition 1878]] |
| [[Category:Battles|Chakdara, Battle of]]
| | '''See [[Zakha Khel Expedition 1878-79]]''' |
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| |partof=North West Frontier Punitive Expeditions
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| |date=December 1878 | |
| |location= Bazar Valley, NWF
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| |presidency=[[Bengal]]
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| |co-ordinates= [http://itouchmap.com/?r=w&c=pk&UF=6086445&UN=6095776&DG=VAL 34.638417°N 72.076213°E]
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| |result=British victory
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| |territory=
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| |combatant1=British Army
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| |combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afridi_(Pashtun) Zakka Khel Afridi Tribesmen]
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| |commander1=Lt Gen Tytler
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| |strength1=2,500 troops
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| == External Links ==
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| [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.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclopædia_Britannica/Afridi 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica - Afridi]
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| == Recommended Reading ==
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| ''"The Story of The Malakand Field Force"'' by Winston S. Churchill ISBN-10: 1604502231
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| ISBN-13: 978-1604502237
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Latest revision as of 08:56, 24 January 2011