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[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Miranzai Valley Expedition 1856]]
 
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|partof=[[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns |North West Frontier Campaigns ]]
|date=21 October-End December 1856
|date=21 October-End December 1856
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranzai_Valley Miranzai Valley, NWF]
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranzai_Valley Miranzai Valley, NWF]
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== Field Force ==
== Field Force ==
*No 1 Punjab Light Field Battery (3 guns)
*[[Kohat Mountain Battery|No 1 Punjab Light Field Battery]] (3 guns)
*No 3 Punjab Light Field Battery (6 guns)
*No 3 Punjab Light Field Battery (6 guns)
*[[4th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Punjab Cavalry]]
*[[4th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Punjab Cavalry]]
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*[[6th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|Scinde Rifle Corps ]]
*[[6th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|Scinde Rifle Corps ]]
== Reinforcements ==
== Reinforcements ==
*Detachment Peshawar Mountain Train Battery
*Detachment [[Peshawar Mountain Battery|Peshawar Mountain Train Battery]]
*Detachment *[[1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Cavalry]]
*Detachment [[1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Cavalry]]
*Four Companies of [[1st Gurkha Rifles|66th Gurkhas]]
*Four Companies of [[1st Gurkha Rifles|66th Gurkhas]]
*[[2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Infantry]]
*[[2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Infantry]]
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== Recommended Reading ==
== 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
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
[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns|Miranzai Valley Expedition 1856]]

Latest revision as of 23:41, 24 April 2014

Miranzai Valley Expedition 1856
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns
Date: 21 October-End December 1856
Location: Miranzai Valley, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 33.670634°N 71.201565°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Turi tribesmen
Commanders
Brig Gen Neville Chamberlain
Strength
4,876
Casualties

Field Force

Reinforcements

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions

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