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[[Category:Punitive Expeditions|Marri Expedition 1880]]
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The '''Marri Expedition''' of 1880
Also known as the Expedition against the '''Murrees'''


== Marri Field Force ==
== Marri Field Force ==
9th Royal Artillery<br>2nd Batt 60th Rifles<br>3rd Punjab Cavalry<br>2nd Sikh Infantry<br>4th Gurkha Regiment<br>5th Gurkha Regiment
*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


== Recommended Reading ==
[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns|Marri Expedition 1880]]
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

Latest revision as of 08:11, 25 September 2015

Marri Expedition
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns
Date: 17 October-6 November 1880
Location: Kohlu District, Baluchistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 29.300004°N 68.901592°E
Result: Submission of tribe
Combatants
British & Indians Marri tribes
Commanders
Brig Gen C.M.MacGregor
Strength
Casualties

The Marri Expedition of 1880

Also known as the Expedition against the Murrees

Marri Field Force

Historical books online