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== Field Force == | == Field Force == | ||
No 1 Punjab Light Field Battery (3 guns) | *No 1 Punjab Light Field Battery (3 guns) | ||
*[[1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Cavalry]] (21st Cavalry) | *[[1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Cavalry]] (21st Cavalry) | ||
*Half Company [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers & Miners]] | *Half Company [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers & Miners]] | ||
Revision as of 13:40, 6 May 2009
| Miranzai Valley Expedition 1851 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908 | ||
| 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
- No 1 Punjab Light Field Battery (3 guns)
- 1st Punjab Cavalry (21st Cavalry)
- Half Company Sappers & Miners
- 1st Punjab Infantry (55th Coke's Rifles)
External Links
Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
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