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== Miranzai Field Force ==
== Miranzai Field Force ==
'''First Column'''<br>''Col Sym, 5th Gurkhas''<br>No3 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>1st Batt King's Royal Rifles<br>1st Punjab Infantry<br>2nd Punjab Infantry<br> 1st Batt 5th Gurkhas<br>
'''First Column'''<br>''Col Sym, 5th Gurkhas''
*No 3 Mountain Battery [[Royal Artillery]]
*1st Batt [[60th Regiment of Foot|King's Royal Rifles]]
*[[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Infantry]]
*[[2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Infantry]]
*1st Batt [[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Gurkhas]]<br>


'''Second Column'''<br>''Col Turner, 2nd Punjab Infantry''<br>No2 Dejarat Mountain Battery (3 guns)<br>3rd Sikhs<br>15th Sikh<br>
'''Second Column'''<br>''Col Turner, 2nd Punjab Infantry''
*No 2 Dejarat Mountain Battery (3 guns)
*3rd Sikhs<br>15th Sikh<br>


'''Third Column'''<br>''Col C.C.Brownlow, 1st Punjab Infantry''<br>No3 Peshawar Mountain Battery<br>6th Punjab Infantry<br>19th Punjab Infantry<br>29th Punjab Infantry<br>
'''Third Column'''<br>''Col C.C.Brownlow, 1st Punjab Infantry''
*No 3 Peshawar Mountain Battery
*6th Punjab Infantry
*[[19th Regiment of Bengal Infantry (Punjabis)|19th Punjab Infantry]]
*[[29th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|29th Bengal Infantry]]<br>


'''Cavalry Brigade'''<br>''Col Biscoe, 19th Bengal Lancers''<br>5th Punjab Cavalry<br.19th Bengal Lancers<br>
'''Cavalry Brigade'''<br>''Col Biscoe, 19th Bengal Lancers''
*5th Punjab Cavalry
*19th Bengal Lancers<br>
   
   
'''Additional Forces'''<br>5th Company Sappers & Miners<br>Three Native Field Hospitals<br>
'''Additional Forces'''
*5th Company Sappers & Miners
*Three Native Field Hospitals<br>


== External Links ==
== External Links ==

Revision as of 09:14, 9 May 2009

Miranzai Valley Expedition April 1891
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date: 5-23 April 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 Sym, 5th Gurkhas

Second Column
Col Turner, 2nd Punjab Infantry

  • No 2 Dejarat Mountain Battery (3 guns)
  • 3rd Sikhs
    15th Sikh

Third Column
Col C.C.Brownlow, 1st Punjab Infantry

Cavalry Brigade
Col Biscoe, 19th Bengal Lancers

  • 5th Punjab Cavalry
  • 19th Bengal Lancers

Additional Forces

  • 5th Company Sappers & Miners
  • Three Native Field Hospitals

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

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