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[[Category:Punitive Expeditions|Mahsud Expedition 1860]]
{{Battlemap|war=Mahsud Expedition |link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=p&msa=0&msid=211401480495186034184.0004778fae7ce3fee1c58&ll=32.583849,70.128479&spn=1.835155,1.812744&z=9}}''' ==Expedition Battles Campaign Actions ==[[Battle of Palosin]] 23 April<br>[[Battle of Burrurah Pass]] 4 May<br>[[Battle of Kaniguram]] 5 May<br>[[Battle of Mukeen]] 11 May<br>[[Battle of Palloreew]] June
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|partof=[[:Category:Punitive ExpeditionsNorth West Frontier Campaigns |Punitive ExpeditionsNorth West Frontier Campaigns ]]|date=April-May June 1860
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waziristan Waziristan, NWF]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Bowles_Chamberlain Brig Gen Neville Chamberlain]
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|strength1=about 6,750
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== Field Force ==*No 2 Punjab Light Field Battery (3 guns)*No 3 Punjab Light Field Battery (3 guns)*[[Battle Peshawar Mountain Battery|Peshawar Mountain Train Battery]] (4 guns)*[[Hazara Mountain Battery|Hazara Mountain Train Battery]] (3 guns)*[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guides Cavalry]] (108 men)*[[3rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Punjab Cavalry]] (131 men)*[[15th (Cureton's Multani) Bengal Lancers|Multani Cavalry]] (100 men)*1st Company [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers & Miners]] (60 men)*[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guides Infantry]] (407 men)*[[4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Sikh Infantry]] (427 men)*[[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Infantry]] (397 men)*[[2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Infantry]] (684 men)*[[3rd Regiment of PalosinInfantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Punjab Infantry]] 23 April<br>(373 men)*[[Battle 4th Regiment of Burrurah PassInfantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Punjab Infantry]] 4 May<br>(387 men)*[[6th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|6th Punjab Infantry]] (400 men)*[[14th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|14th Punjab Infantry]] (207 men)*[[Battle 32nd Regiment of MukeenBengal Native Infantry|24th Punjab Infantry (Pioneers)]] (418 men)*[[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force|Hazara Gurkha Battalion]] 11 May(464 men)*6th Police Battalion (394 men)*1,600 Levies
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]Wikipedia<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]www.antiquesatoz.com<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ciPqgX8mxW4C&pg=PA397&dq=Palosin&as_brr=3&sig=ACfU3U3IMbFC6Llm-YrB754bMF9NCO3f5w#PPA382,M1 Tank Field Force Expedition] Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Mi1cxrIbbwwC&pg=PA36&dq=Mahsud+The+1860+Expedition+Canning&ei=v6KISP-LKI_aigHjqcnoAQ&sig=ACfU3U0uZf7pJNr2cduy9GVkxAsPMghlng#PPA37,M1 Google Books - 1860 Mahsud Expedition]Google Books<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101032352/ ODNB - Brig Gen Chamberlain]ODNB
== Recommended Reading ==
Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 <br>Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0
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