Difference between revisions of "Ambela Campaign"

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Ambela Campaign
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date:	18 October-23 December 1863
Location:	Ambela Pass, Buner, NWF Umbeyla
Presidency:	Bengal
Co-ordinates:	34.398975°N 72.490498°E
Result:	Submission of tribes
Combatants
British	Yusufzai tribesmen
Commanders
Brig Gen N Chamberlain
Strength

Casualties
238 killed 670 wounded	3,000 killed & wounded

Ambela Pass 1909

The Ambela Campaign of 1863.

First Brigade
Col W.W.Turner CB, 97th Foot
C-19th Royal Artillery (3 guns)
Peshawar Mountain Train Battery
71st Regiment of Foot
1st Punjab Infantry
3rd Punjab Infantry
5th Punjab Infantry
20th Punjab Native Infantry
32nd Punjab Native Infantry
5th Gurkha Regiment

Second Brigade
Lt Col A.T.Wilde CB, Corps of Guides
No 3 Punjab Light Field battery (3 Guns)
Hazara Mountain Train Battery
101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers
6th Punjab Infantry
14th Native Infantry
Guides Infantry
4th Gurkha Regiment

Divisional Troops
11th Bengal Cavalry (100 men)
Guides Cavalry (100 men)
Sappers & Miners

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 |date=18 October-23 December 1863
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+|location= [http://www.khyber.org/pashtoplaces/bunerambelapass.shtml Ambela Pass], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buner_District Buner], NWF<br>[[Umbeyla]]
 |presidency=[[Bengal]]
 |co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.398975,72.490498&z=12&t=h&hl=en 34.398975°N 72.490498°E]