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== Field Force 1868 == | == Field Force 1868 == | ||
''Maj L.B.Jones''<br>No 2 Punjab Light Field Battery (2 guns)<br>3rd Punjab Cavalry (80 men)<br>3rd Punjab Infantry (280 men)<br>6th Punjab Infantry (200 men) | ''Maj L.B.Jones''<br>No 2 Punjab Light Field Battery (2 guns)<br>3rd Punjab Cavalry (80 men)<br>3rd Punjab Infantry (280 men) (see [[3rd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force]])<br>6th Punjab Infantry (200 men) | ||
== Field Force 1868 == | == Field Force 1868 == | ||
''Lt Col C.P.Keyes''<br>No 1 Punjab Light Field Battery (2 mountain guns)<br>1st Punjab Infantry<br>4th Punjab Infantry | ''Lt Col C.P.Keyes''<br>No 1 Punjab Light Field Battery (2 mountain guns)<br>1st Punjab Infantry<br>4th Punjab Infantry | ||
Revision as of 19:03, 23 March 2009
| Bizoti Orakzai Expedition | ||
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| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908 | ||
| Date: | March 1868 & 25 February-4 April 1869 | |
| Location: | Bizoti, Orakzai Agency, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 33.783333°N 70.983331°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Orakzai tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj L.B.Jones Lt Col C.P.Keyes CB |
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| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
| 1868 sortie: 11 killed & 44 wounded 1869 sortie: 3 killed & 33 wounded |
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Field Force 1868
Maj L.B.Jones
No 2 Punjab Light Field Battery (2 guns)
3rd Punjab Cavalry (80 men)
3rd Punjab Infantry (280 men) (see 3rd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force)
6th Punjab Infantry (200 men)
Field Force 1868
Lt Col C.P.Keyes
No 1 Punjab Light Field Battery (2 mountain guns)
1st Punjab Infantry
4th Punjab Infantry