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|partof=|partof=[[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns |North West Frontier Campaigns ]] | |||
|date=March 1868 & 25 February-4 April 1869 | |||
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orakzai_Agency Bizoti, Orakzai Agency, NWF] | |||
|presidency=[[Bengal]] | |||
|co-ordinates= [http://encarta.msn.com/mapof_10438806/Bizoti.html 33.783333°N 70.983331°E] | |||
|result= Submission of tribes | |||
|territory= | |||
|combatant1=British & Indians | |||
|combatant2= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orakzai Orakzai tribesmen] | |||
|commander1=Maj L.B.Jones<br>Lt Col C.P.Keyes CB | |||
|commander2= | |||
|strength1= | |||
|strength2= | |||
|casualties1=1868 sortie: 11 killed & 44 wounded<br>1869 sortie: 3 killed & 33 wounded | |||
|casualties2= | |||
}} | |||
The '''Bizoti Orakzai Expedition''' of 1868-69. | |||
== Field Force 1868 == | |||
''Maj L.B.Jones''<br> | |||
No 2 Punjab Light Field Battery (2 guns)<br> | |||
[[3rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Punjab Cavalry]] (80 men)<br> | |||
[[3rd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Punjab Infantry]] (280 men)<br> | |||
[[6th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|6th Punjab Infantry]] (200 men)<br> | |||
== Field Force 1869 == | |||
''Lt Col C.P.Keyes''<br> | |||
No 1 Punjab Light Field Battery (2 mountain guns)<br> | |||
[[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Infantry]]<br> | |||
[[4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Punjab Infantry]]<br> | |||
[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns|Bizoti Orakzai Expedition 1868-69]] | |||