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[[Category:Battles|Miranzai Valley Expedition 1851]]
[[Category:Battles|Miranzai Valley Expedition 1851]]
[[Category:Punitive Expeditions|Miranzai Valley Expedition 1851]]
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|partof=[[:Category:Punitive Expeditions|Punitive Expeditions]]
|partof=[[:Category:Punitive Expeditions|Punitive Expeditions]]
|date=14 October-14 November 1851
|date=4 (14?) October-12 November 1851
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranzai_Valley Miranzai Valley, NWF]
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranzai_Valley Miranzai Valley, NWF]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
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|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Miranzai tribesmen
|combatant2=Waziri  raiders
|commander1=
|commander1=Capt John Coke
|commander2=  
|commander2=  
|strength1=
|strength1=
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== Field Force ==
No1 Punjab Light Field Battery (3 guns)<br>1st  Punjab Cavalry (21st Cavalry)<br>Half Company Sappers & Miners<br>1st Punjab Infantry (55th Coke's Rifles)


== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Mi1cxrIbbwwC&pg=PA63&dq=Miranzai+1851&as_brr=3#PPA63,M1 Google Books - Coke's Expedition]


== Recommended Reading ==
== 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
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
[[Category:Punitive Expeditions|Miranzai Valley Expedition 1851]]

Revision as of 11:49, 4 December 2008

Miranzai Valley Expedition 1851
Part of Punitive Expeditions
Date: 4 (14?) October-12 November 1851
Location: Miranzai Valley, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 33.670634°N 71.201565°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Waziri raiders
Commanders
Capt John Coke
Strength
Casualties

Field Force

No1 Punjab Light Field Battery (3 guns)
1st Punjab Cavalry (21st Cavalry)
Half Company Sappers & Miners
1st Punjab Infantry (55th Coke's Rifles)

External Links

Google Books - Coke's Expedition

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