Buner Field Expedition

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Buner Field Expedition
Part of Punitive Expeditions
Date: 2-19 January 1898
Location: Buner, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.622739°N 72.671880°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Bunerwals
Commanders
Brig Gen Sir Bindon Blood
Strength
8,800 troops
Casualties
0 killed
1 wounded

Buner Field Force

First Brigade
Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG
1st Batt Royal West Kent Regt
16th Bengal Infantry
20th Punjab Infantry
31st Punjab Infantry

Second Brigade
Brig Gen P.D.Jeffreys CB
1st Batt East Kent Regt
21st Punjab Infantry

Divisional Troops
10th Bengal Lancers (1 Squadron)
10th Field Battery Royal Artillery
No7 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
No 8 Bengal Mountain Battery
No 4 Coy Bengal Sappers & Miners
No 5 Coy Madras Sappers & Miners
2nd Batt Highland Light Infantry
3rd Bombay Light Infantry
2.5 British Field Hospitals
4 Native Field Hospitals

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
New York Times article