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== Field Force == | == Field Force == | ||
Peshawar Mountain Train Battery (4 guns) | Peshawar Mountain Train Battery (4 guns) | ||
*No 3 Punjab Field Battery (5 guns) | |||
*[[4th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Punjab Cavalry]] | |||
*[[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Infantry]] | |||
*[[2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Infantry]] | |||
*[[3rd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Punjab Infantry]] | |||
*A number of Tribal Levies | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
Revision as of 20:31, 12 May 2009
| Orakzai Expedition 1855 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908 | ||
| Date: | 25 August-7 October 1855 | |
| Location: | Orakzai Agency, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | approx 33.61429°N 70.88409°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Rabia Khel Orakzai tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Brig Gen Neville Chamberlain | ||
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Field Force
Peshawar Mountain Train Battery (4 guns)
- No 3 Punjab Field Battery (5 guns)
- 4th Punjab Cavalry
- 1st Punjab Infantry
- 2nd Punjab Infantry
- 3rd Punjab Infantry
- A number of Tribal Levies
External Links
Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Orakzai tribesmen
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