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Detachment Telegraph Sappers<br> | Detachment Telegraph Sappers<br> | ||
[[2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Infantry]]<br> | [[2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Infantry]]<br> | ||
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[[38th Regiment of Foot]]<br> | [[38th Regiment of Foot]]<br> | ||
| − | 9th Bengal Cavalry<br> | + | [[9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)|9th Bengal Cavalry]]<br> |
| − | 31st Punjab Native Infantry<br> | + | [[31st Regiment of Punjab Infantry|31st Punjab Native Infantry]]<br> |
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
Revision as of 20:27, 16 April 2009
| Black Mountain Expedition 1868 | ||
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| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908 | ||
| Date: | 3-22 October 1868 | |
| Location: | Black Mountain Range, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 34.617016°N 72.992962°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Hassanzai tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Brig Gen Alfred Wilde | ||
| Strength | ||
| 12,500 British troops | ||
| Casualties | ||
Field Force
First Brigade
Brig Gen R.O.Bright
1st Battalion 19th Regiment of Foot
20th Punjab Native Infantry
Second Brigade
Brig Gen J.L.Vaughan CB
1st Battalion 6th Regiment of Foot
3rd Sikh Infantry
2nd Gurkha Rifles
Divisional Troops & Reserve
S Battery Royal Horse Artillery
19th Royal Artillery
24th Royal Artillery
Hazara Mountain Battery
16th Bengal Cavalry (188 men)
Guides Cavalry (131 men)
Detachment Telegraph Sappers
2nd Punjab Infantry
4th Gurkha Rifles
5th Gurkha Regiment
Levies & Police (518 men)
At Darband
38th Regiment of Foot
9th Bengal Cavalry
31st Punjab Native Infantry
External Links
Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
Sussex Regiment memorial - Black Mountain Expeditions
Imperial Gazetteer of India - Black Mountain
Black Mountain Expedition 1868
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
