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[[Category:Battles|Miranzai Valley Expedition 1851]] | [[Category:Battles|Miranzai Valley Expedition 1851]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Punitive Expeditions|Miranzai Valley Expedition 1851]] | ||
{{Battles_Infobox | {{Battles_Infobox | ||
|partof=[[:Category:Punitive Expeditions|Punitive Expeditions]] | |partof=[[:Category:Punitive Expeditions|Punitive Expeditions]] | ||
| − | |date=14 October- | + | |date=4 (14?) October-12 November 1851 |
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranzai_Valley Miranzai Valley, NWF] | |location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranzai_Valley Miranzai Valley, NWF] | ||
|presidency=[[Bengal]] | |presidency=[[Bengal]] | ||
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|territory= | |territory= | ||
|combatant1=British & Indians | |combatant1=British & Indians | ||
| − | |combatant2= | + | |combatant2=Waziri raiders |
| − | |commander1= | + | |commander1=Capt John Coke |
|commander2= | |commander2= | ||
|strength1= | |strength1= | ||
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| + | == Field Force == | ||
| + | No1 Punjab Light Field Battery (3 guns)<br>1st Punjab Cavalry (21st Cavalry)<br>Half Company Sappers & Miners<br>1st Punjab Infantry (55th Coke's Rifles) | ||
| + | == External Links == | ||
| + | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Mi1cxrIbbwwC&pg=PA63&dq=Miranzai+1851&as_brr=3#PPA63,M1 Google Books - Coke's Expedition] | ||
== Recommended Reading == | == 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 | 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 | ||
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Revision as of 11:49, 4 December 2008
| Miranzai Valley Expedition 1851 | ||
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| Part of Punitive Expeditions | ||
| Date: | 4 (14?) October-12 November 1851 | |
| Location: | Miranzai Valley, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 33.670634°N 71.201565°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Waziri raiders | |
| Commanders | ||
| Capt John Coke | ||
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Field Force
No1 Punjab Light Field Battery (3 guns)
1st Punjab Cavalry (21st Cavalry)
Half Company Sappers & Miners
1st Punjab Infantry (55th Coke's Rifles)
External Links
Google Books - Coke's Expedition
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
