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Marri Expedition

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{{Battles_Infobox|partof=[[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns |North West Frontier Campaigns]]|date=17 October-6 November 1880|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohlu_District Kohlu District], Baluchistan|presidency=[[Bengal]] |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=29.300004,68.901592&z=11&t=h&hl=en 29.300004°N 68.901592°E] |result= Submission of tribe|territory=|combatant1=British & Indians|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marri Marri tribes]|commander1=Brig Gen C.M.MacGregor|commander2= |strength1=|strength2= |casualties1= |casualties2= }}The '''Marri Expedition''' of 1880 Also known as the Expedition against the '''Murrees''' == Marri Field Force ==*9th [[Royal Artillery]]*2nd Batt [[60th Regiment of Foot|60th Rifles]]*[[3rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Punjab Cavalry]]*[[2nd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Sikh Infantry]]*[[4th Gurkha Rifles|4th Gurkha Regiment]]*[[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Gurkha Regiment]] ==Historical books online==*[https://archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas03indi#page/140/mode/2up "Expedition against the Marris in 1880"] page 141 ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: Volume III Baluchistan and the First Afghan War''. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Army Headquarters India. 1910 Archive.org*[http://www.archive.org/stream/campaignsonnorth00nevi#page/88/mode/2up “Side issues of the Second Afghan War: The Marris, 1880”] page 89 ''Campaigns on the North-West Frontier'' by Capt H.L.Nevill, Royal Field Artillery. 1912 Archive.org  [[Category:WarsNorth West Frontier Campaigns|Marri Expedition 1880]]
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