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[[Category:Punitive Expeditions|Miranzai Valley Expedition 1891, 1st]]
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|partof=[[:Category:Punitive Expeditions|Punitive Expeditions]]
|partof=[[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns |North West Frontier Campaigns ]]
|date=29 January-End of February 1891
|date=29 January-End of February 1891
|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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== Miranzai Field Force ==
== Miranzai Field Force ==
'''First Column'''<br>''Col A.McC.Bruce''<br> Three Troops 5th Punjab Cavalry<br>No4 Hazara Mountain Battery<br>Half Company Bengal Sappers & Miners<br>1st Punjab Infantry<br>4th Punjab Infantry<br>23rd Bengal Infantry<br>29th Bengal Infantry<br>
'''First Column'''<br>''Col A.McC.Bruce''
*Three Troops [[5th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Punjab Cavalry]]
*[[Hazara Mountain Battery|No 4 Hazara Mountain Battery]]
*Half Company [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Bengal Sappers & Miners]]
*[[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Infantry]]
*[[4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Punjab Infantry]]
*[[23rd Punjab Pioneers|23rd Bengal Infantry Pioneers]]
*[[29th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|29th Bengal Infantry]]<br>


'''Second Column'''<br>''Lieut Col A.H.Turner''<br>No3 Peshawar Mountain Battery<br>Half Company Bengal Sappers & Miners<br>2nd Punjab Infantry<br>5th Punjab Infantry<br>
'''Second Column'''<br>''Lieut Col A.H.Turner''
*[[Peshawar Mountain Battery|No 3 Peshawar Mountain Battery]]
*Half Company [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Bengal Sappers & Miners]]
*[[2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Infantry]]
*[[5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Punjab Infantry]]<br>


'''Third Column'''<br>''Lieut Col C.C.Brownlow''<br>3rd Sikh Infantry<br>Four Companies 23rd Bengal Infantry Pioneers<br>
'''Third Column'''<br>''Lieut Col C.C.Brownlow''
*[[3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Sikh Infantry]]
*Four Companies [[23rd Punjab Pioneers|23rd Bengal Infantry Pioneers]]<br>
 
==British Library holdings==
*''Operations against the Orakzai tribe on the Miranzai frontier under the command of Brigadier-General Sir W.S.A. Lockhart, K.C.B., C.S.I., in 1891''  compiled from official sources (under the orders of the Quarter-Master General in India) by A.H. Mason. 1891
   
   
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
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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 1891, 1st]]

Latest revision as of 06:15, 20 August 2011

Miranzai Valley Expedition January 1891
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns
Date: 29 January-End of February 1891
Location: Miranzai Valley, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 33.670634°N 71.201565°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Orakzai tribesmen
Commanders
Maj Gen Sir William Lockhart
Strength
Casualties

Miranzai Field Force

First Column
Col A.McC.Bruce

Second Column
Lieut Col A.H.Turner

Third Column
Lieut Col C.C.Brownlow

British Library holdings

  • Operations against the Orakzai tribe on the Miranzai frontier under the command of Brigadier-General Sir W.S.A. Lockhart, K.C.B., C.S.I., in 1891 compiled from official sources (under the orders of the Quarter-Master General in India) by A.H. Mason. 1891

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