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[[Category:Battles|Marri Expedition]]
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|partof=[[:Category:Punitive Expeditions|Punitive Expeditions]]
|date=17 October-6 November 1880
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohlu_District Kohlu District], Baluchistan
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=29.300004,68.901592&z=11&t=h&hl=en 29.300004°N 68.901592°E]
|result= Submission of tribe
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marri Marri tribes]
|commander1=Brig Gen C.M.MacGregor
|commander2=
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== Marri Field Force ==
9th Royal Artillery<br>2nd Batt 60th Rifles<br>3rd Punjab Cavalry<br>2nd Sikh Infantry<br>4th Gurkha Regiment<br>5th Gurkha Regiment
 
== 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
 
 
[[Category:Punitive Expeditions|Marri Expedition]]

Revision as of 15:39, 2 December 2008

Marri Expedition
Part of Punitive Expeditions
Date: 17 October-6 November 1880
Location: Kohlu District, Baluchistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 29.300004°N 68.901592°E
Result: Submission of tribe
Combatants
British & Indians Marri tribes
Commanders
Brig Gen C.M.MacGregor
Strength
Casualties

Marri Field Force

9th Royal Artillery
2nd Batt 60th Rifles
3rd Punjab Cavalry
2nd Sikh Infantry
4th Gurkha Regiment
5th Gurkha Regiment

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