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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]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|date=November 1875-December 1876
|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
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|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] 
|result= Sultan deposed
|territory=
|combatant1=British troops from China<br> Indian troops from Madras
|combatant2=Perak [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malays_(ethnic_group) Malays]
|commander1=Maj Gen The Hon. Francis Colbourne CB<br>Brig Gen John Ross
|commander2= Sultan Abdullah Muhammad Shah II<br>
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Cause of War ==
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].
==Perak Expeditionary Force ==
80th Regiment (300 men)<br>1st Batt 10th Regiment (200 men)<br>3rd Regiment (600 men)<br>1st Gurkhas (450 men)<br>One Company Bengal Sappers (80 men)<br>One Battery & a half Royal Artillery<br>Naval Brigade
== External Links ==
[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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