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| [[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Orakzai Expedition 1855]] | | #REDIRECT [[Orakzai Expedition]] |
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| |partof=[[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908]]
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| |date=25 August-7 October 1855
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| |location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orakzai_Agency Orakzai Agency, NWF]
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| |presidency=[[Bengal]]
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| |co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.61429,70.88409&z=10&t=h&hl=en approx 33.61429°N 70.88409°E]
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| |result= Submission of tribes
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| |territory=
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| |combatant1=British & Indians
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| |combatant2=[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UQUtQzPtC6wC&pg=PA185&vq=Rabia&dq=Rabia+Khel&as_brr=3&source=gbs_search_s&cad=0 Rabia Khel Orakzai tribesmen]
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| |commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101032352/ Brig Gen Neville Chamberlain]
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| == Field Force ==
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| Peshawar Mountain Train Battery (4 guns)
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| *No 3 Punjab Field Battery (5 guns)
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| *[[4th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Punjab Cavalry]]
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| *[[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Infantry]]
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| *[[2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Infantry]]
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| *[[3rd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Punjab Infantry]]
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| *A number of Tribal Levies
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| == External Links ==
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orakzai Orakzai tribesmen]
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| == Recommended Reading ==
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| Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 <br>Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0
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