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Revision as of 09:38, 17 January 2009

Aka Khel Expedition 1855
Part of Punitive Expeditions
Date: 27 March 1855
Location: Jamrud, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.010058°N 71.371550°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
British Aka Khel Afridis
Commanders
Lt Col J.H.Craigie Unknown tribal leaders
Strength
1,599
Casualties
9 killed
25 wounded

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Wikipedia - Afridis
1911 Encyclopaedia Britannia - Afridi Campaigns

Recommended Reading

Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916
Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005
ISBN 1-845741-87-0