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[[Category:BattlesPunitive Expeditions|Buner Field Expedition 1897]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=North West Frontier [[:Category:Punitive Expeditions|Punitive Expeditions]]|date=2-17 19 January 1898|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buner_Valley Buner, NWF]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.622739,72.671883&z=8&t=h&hl=en 34.622739°N 72.671880°E]
|result= Submission of tribes
|territory=
|combatant1=British Army & Indians
|combatant2=Bunerwals
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101031930/ Brig Gen Sir Bindon Blood]
|casualties2=
}}
==Buner Field Force==
'''First Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG''<br>1st Batt Royal West Kent Regt<br>16th Bengal Infantry<br>20th Punjab Infantry<br>31st Punjab Infantry<br>
'''Second Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen P.D.Jeffreys CB''<br>1st Batt East Kent Regt<br>21st Punjab Infantry<br>
'''Divisional Troops'''<br>10th Bengal Lancers (1 Squadron)<br>10th Field Battery Royal Artillery<br>No7 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>No 8 Bengal Mountain Battery<br>No 4 Coy Bengal Sappers & Miners<br>No 5 Coy Madras Sappers & Miners<br>2nd Batt Highland Light Infantry<br>3rd Bombay Light Infantry<br>2.5 British Field Hospitals<br>4 Native Field Hospitals<br>
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]<br>[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9C07E5D81039E433A2575AC0A9679C94699ED7CF&oref=slogin New York Times article]
