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'''Centre Column'''<br>Major J. Abbott<br>Police (2 Companies)<br>Kasmir Dogras (2 Companies)<br>Levies (1,400 men)<br>11 Light native guns<br>
'''Left Column'''<br>Capt W.W.Davidson 16th Irregulars<br>[[Mountain Train Battery]] (4 guns)<br>[[16th Irregular Cavalry]]<br>Kasmir Dogras (2 Regiments less 2 Companies)<br>
'''Reserve'''<br>5th Troop 1st Brigade Royal Horse Artillery ('T' Battery)<br>7th Company Sapper & Miners<br>3rd Native Infantry<br>Kelat-i-Ghilzai Regiment (12th Pioneers)
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|partof=[[:Category:Punitive Expeditions|Punitive Expeditions]]
|date= April 1853
|location={[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Suliman_Hills Takht-i-Sulaiman area] <br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dera_Ismail_Khan_District Dera Ismail Khan District, NWF]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.693572,70.122921&z=12&t=h&hl=en 31.693572°N 70.122921°E]
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101013442/ Brig Gen J.S.Hodgson]
|commander2=
|strength1= under 2,000
|strength2=
|casualties1= None
|casualties2=
}}
==Field Punjab Irregular Force=='''Right Column'''No 2 Light Field Battery <br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Napier,_1st_Baron_Napier_of_Magdala Lieut Col Robert Napier RE]Detachment Garrison Artillery<br>[[Mountain Train Battery]] (2 guns)5th Punjab Cavalry<br>Sind Camel Corps of Guides (350 men)<br>Wing 1st Sikh Punjab Infantry (51st Sikhs 300 men)<br>Rawalpindi Wing 3rd Punjab Infantry<br>2nd Police (176 men)Battalion<br>6th Police Battalion
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1849-1858 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/EastbourneSussexRegimentMemorial.html#BlackMountain Sussex Regiment memorial - Black Mountain Expeditions]<br>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_257.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India - Black Mountain]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=v_8IAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA200&dq=Mackeson&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=PDTNR5qBJJjWyATww6idCA#PPA201,M1 Mackeson's Obituary]
== 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
