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*[[Bengal Sappers and Miners]] (7 men)
*[[Bengal Sappers and Miners]] (7 men)
*[[Hazara Mountain Battery|24th (Hazara) Mountain Battery]] (2 guns)
*[[Hazara Mountain Battery|24th (Hazara) Mountain Battery]] (2 guns)
*Kashmir Imperial Service Infantry (661 Men)
*[[Kashmir Infantry|Kashmir Imperial Service Infantry]] (661 Men)
*Spedding's Pathans (200 men)<br>Punial Levies
*Spedding's Pathans (200 men)<br>Punial Levies


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunza-Naga_Campaign Wikipedia - Hunza Nagar Canpaign]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wd-JEFLmSJUC&pg=PA255&dq=Nilt&as_brr=3&ei=go0-SaS-JJSmM7ntydcG#PPA255,M1 Google Books - Action at Nilt]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunza-Naga_Campaign Wikipedia - Hunza Nagar Canpaign]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wd-JEFLmSJUC&pg=PA255&dq=Nilt&as_brr=3&ei=go0-SaS-JJSmM7ntydcG#PPA255,M1 Google Books - Action at Nilt]

Latest revision as of 17:01, 1 November 2009

Battle of Nilt
Part of Hunza Nagar Campaign 1891
Date: 2 December 1891
Location: Nilt, Gilgit District, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 36.249998°N 74.416668°E
Result: Fort captured
Combatants
British Army Hunza & Nagar tribesmen
Commanders
Col Algernon Durand
Capt Fenton John Aylmer VC
Lieut Guy Boisragon VC
Strength
16 British officers
about 1,000 fighting men
Casualties

Field Force

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Wikipedia - Hunza Nagar Canpaign
Google Books - Action at Nilt