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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) (see [[3rd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force]])<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) (see [[3rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force]])<br>3rd Punjab Infantry (280 men) (see [[3rd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force]])<br>6th Punjab Infantry (200 men) (see [[6th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force]])


== 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 (see [[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force]])<br>4th Punjab Infantry (see [[4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force]])

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Bizoti Orakzai Expedition
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
Strength
Casualties
1868 sortie: 11 killed & 44 wounded
1869 sortie: 3 killed & 33 wounded

Field Force 1868

Maj L.B.Jones
No 2 Punjab Light Field Battery (2 guns)
3rd Punjab Cavalry (80 men) (see 3rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force)
3rd Punjab Infantry (280 men) (see 3rd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force)
6th Punjab Infantry (200 men) (see 6th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force)

Field Force 1868

Lt Col C.P.Keyes
No 1 Punjab Light Field Battery (2 mountain guns)
1st Punjab Infantry (see 1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force)
4th Punjab Infantry (see 4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force)