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| | '''For details see main article [[Perak War]]''' |
| [[Category:Minor Campaigns|Perak War 1875-76]] | | [[Category:Minor Campaigns|Perak War 1875-76]] |
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| |partof=[[:Category:Minor Campaigns|Minor Campaigns]]
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| |date=November 1875-December 1876
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| |location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasir_Salak Pasir Salak], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teluk_Intan Teluk Intan], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perak Perak], Malaysia
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| |presidency=[[Madras]]
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| |co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=4.033428,101.01679&z=11&t=h&hl=en approx 4.033428°N 101.01679°E]
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| |result= Sultan deposed
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| |territory=
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| |combatant1=British troops from China<br> Indian troops from Madras
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| |combatant2=Perak [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malays_(ethnic_group) Malays]
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| |commander1=Maj Gen The Hon. Francis Colbourne CB<br>Brig Gen John Ross
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| |commander2= Sultan Abdullah Muhammad Shah II<br>
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| == Cause of War ==
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| The immediate cause of the punitive expedition was the assassination of the British resident [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W.W._Birch J.W.W.Birch] Government adviser to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_of_Perak Sultan of Perak].
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| ==Perak Expeditionary Force ==
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| *[[80th Regiment of Foot|80th Regiment]] (300 men)
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| *1st Batt 10th Regiment (200 men)
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| *[[3rd Regiment of Foot|3rd Regiment]] (600 men)
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| *[[1st Gurkha Rifles|1st Gurkhas]] (450 men)
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| *One Company [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Bengal Sappers]] (80 men)
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| *One Battery & a half [[Royal Artillery]]
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| *Naval Brigade
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| == External Links ==
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| [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6irEoGgDrm4C&pg=PA329&dq=Colbourn+Perak&ei=vE5bSc-rDJGeyATw5IDpBA Google Books - Summary of the War]<br>[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Corresp:_Actions_of_Perak_Expeditionary_Force_post-murder_of_Birch Wikisource - Correspondence on Actions of the Expeditionary Force]
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For details see main article Perak War