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[[Image:Ambela-Pass.jpg|thumb|Ambela Pass 1909]]
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== Ambela Field Force ==
== Ambela Field Force ==
''First Brigade'''<br>''Col W.W.Turner CB, 97th Foot''<br>C-19th Royal  Artillery (3 guns)<br>Peshawar Mountain Train Battery<br>[[71st  Regiment of Foot]]<br>1st Punjab Infantry<br>3rd Punjab Infantry<br>5th Punjab Infantry<br>20th Punjab Native Infantry<br>32nd Punjab Native Infantry<br>5th Gurkha Regiment ([[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force]])<br>
''First Brigade'''<br>''Col W.W.Turner CB, 97th Foot''<br>C-19th Royal  Artillery (3 guns)<br>Peshawar Mountain Train Battery<br>[[71st  Regiment of Foot]]<br>1st Punjab Infantry<br>3rd Punjab Infantry<br>5th Punjab Infantry<br>20th Punjab Native Infantry<br>32nd Punjab Native Infantry<br>5th Gurkha Regiment (see [[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force]])<br>


'''Second Brigade'''<br>''Lt Col A.T.Wilde CB, Corps  of Guides''<br>No 3 Punjab  Light Field battery (3 Guns)<br> Hazara Mountain Train Battery<br>101st Royal  Bengal  Fusiliers<br>6th Punjab Infantry<br>14th Native Infantry<br>Guides Infantry<br>4th Gurkha Regiment ([[4th Gurkha Rifles]])<br>
'''Second Brigade'''<br>''Lt Col A.T.Wilde CB, Corps  of Guides''<br>No 3 Punjab  Light Field battery (3 Guns)<br> Hazara Mountain Train Battery<br>101st Royal  Bengal  Fusiliers (see [[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers]])<br>6th Punjab Infantry<br>14th Native Infantry<br>Guides Infantry<br>4th Gurkha Regiment (see [[4th Gurkha Rifles]])<br>


'''Divisional Troops'''<br>11th Bengal Cavalry (100 men)<br>Guides Cavalry (100 men)<br>Sappers &  Miners<br>
'''Divisional Troops'''<br>11th Bengal Cavalry (100 men)<br>Guides Cavalry (100 men)<br>Sappers &  Miners<br>

Revision as of 11:50, 16 March 2009

Ambela Campaign
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date: 18 October-23 December 1863
Location: Ambela Pass, Buner, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.398975°N 72.490498°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British Yusufzai tribesmen
Commanders
Brig Gen N Chamberlain
Strength
Casualties
238 killed
670 wounded
3,000 killed & wounded
Ambela Pass 1909

Ambela Field Force

First Brigade'
Col W.W.Turner CB, 97th Foot
C-19th Royal Artillery (3 guns)
Peshawar Mountain Train Battery
71st Regiment of Foot
1st Punjab Infantry
3rd Punjab Infantry
5th Punjab Infantry
20th Punjab Native Infantry
32nd Punjab Native Infantry
5th Gurkha Regiment (see 5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force)

Second Brigade
Lt Col A.T.Wilde CB, Corps of Guides
No 3 Punjab Light Field battery (3 Guns)
Hazara Mountain Train Battery
101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers (see 1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers)
6th Punjab Infantry
14th Native Infantry
Guides Infantry
4th Gurkha Regiment (see 4th Gurkha Rifles)

Divisional Troops
11th Bengal Cavalry (100 men)
Guides Cavalry (100 men)
Sappers & Miners

Reinforcements arrived December
7th Foot
93rd Foot
3rd Sikhs
23rd Native Infantry Pioneers


External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
British Empire - Ambela Campaign
Google Books - Ambela Campaign