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'''Additional Forces''' | '''Additional Forces''' | ||
*5th Company [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers & Miner]] | *5th Company [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers & Miner]] | ||
*Three Native Field Hospitals<br> | *Three Native Field Hospitals<br> | ||
Revision as of 11:35, 9 May 2009
| Miranzai Valley Expedition April 1891 | ||
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| 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
- No 3 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
- 1st Batt King's Royal Rifles
- 1st Punjab Infantry
- 2nd Punjab Infantry
- 1st Batt 5th Gurkhas
Second Column
Col Turner, 2nd Punjab Infantry
- No 2 Dejarat Mountain Battery (3 guns)
- 3rd Sikhs
- 15th Sikhs
Third Column
Col C.C.Brownlow, 1st Punjab Infantry
- No 3 Peshawar Mountain Battery
- 6th Punjab Infantry
- 19th Punjab Infantry
- 29th Bengal Infantry
Cavalry Brigade
Col Biscoe, 19th Bengal Lancers
Additional Forces
- 5th Company Sappers & Miner
- 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