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Ambela Campaign

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== 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 was 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.
== Ambela Field Force ==
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_297.gif Ambela] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_William_Pitcher Lieut Pitcher VC] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vincent_Fosbery Lieut Fosbery VC] Wikipedia
 
==== Historical Books on-line ====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/230/mode/2upup Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I - Ambela Campaign] archive.org<br />==== Historical books on-line ====''Forty-one Years in India from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief'' by Field Marshal Lord Roberts od Kandahar 1900 [http://www.archive.org/stream/fortyoneyearsin00robe#page/280/mode/2up Umbeyla Expedition] archive.org 
[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Ambela Campaign]]

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