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[[Category:Punitive Expeditions|Bizoti Orakzai Expedition 1868-69]]
 
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|date=March 1868 & 25 February-4 April 1869
 
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orakzai_Agency Bizoti, Orakzai Agency, NWF]
 
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orakzai_Agency Bizoti, Orakzai Agency, NWF]
 
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|result= Submission of tribes
 
|result= Submission of tribes
 
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|combatant2= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orakzai Orakzai tribesmen]
 
|combatant2= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orakzai Orakzai tribesmen]
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|commander1=Maj L.B.Jones<br>Lt Col C.P.Keyes CB
 
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|casualties1=1868 sortie: 11 killed & 44 wounded<br>1869 sortie: 3 killed & 33 wounded
 
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== Field Force 1868 ==
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''Maj L.B.Jones''<br>No 2 Punjab Light Field Battery (2 guns)<br>3rd Punjab Cavalry (80 men)<br>3rd Punjab Infantry (280 men)<br>6th Punjab Infantry (200 men)
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== Field Force 1868 ==
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''Lt Col C.P.Keyes''<br>No 1 Punjab Light Field Battery (2 mountain guns)<br>1st Punjab Infantry<br>4th Punjab Infantry

Revision as of 12:28, 3 January 2009

Bizoti Orakzai Expedition
Part of Punitive Expeditions
Date: March 1868 & 25 February-4 April 1869
Location: Bizoti, Orakzai Agency, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 33.783333°N 70.983331°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Orakzai tribesmen
Commanders
Maj L.B.Jones
Lt Col C.P.Keyes CB
Strength
Casualties
1868 sortie: 11 killed & 44 wounded
1869 sortie: 3 killed & 33 wounded

Field Force 1868

Maj L.B.Jones
No 2 Punjab Light Field Battery (2 guns)
3rd Punjab Cavalry (80 men)
3rd Punjab Infantry (280 men)
6th Punjab Infantry (200 men)

Field Force 1868

Lt Col C.P.Keyes
No 1 Punjab Light Field Battery (2 mountain guns)
1st Punjab Infantry
4th Punjab Infantry