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The '''Buner Field Expedition''' of 1898. | |||
==Buner Field Force== | ==Buner Field Force== | ||
'''First Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG'' | '''First Brigade'''<br>''Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG'' | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[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://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9C07E5D81039E433A2575AC0A9679C94699ED7CF&oref=slogin New York Times article] | [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://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9C07E5D81039E433A2575AC0A9679C94699ED7CF&oref=slogin New York Times article] | ||
[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Buner Field Expedition 1898]] | |||
Revision as of 09:02, 20 May 2009
| Buner Field Expedition | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908 | ||
| Date: | 2-19 January 1898 | |
| Location: | Buner, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 34.622739°N 72.671880°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Bunerwals | |
| Commanders | ||
| Brig Gen Sir Bindon Blood | ||
| Strength | ||
| 8,800 troops | ||
| Casualties | ||
| 0 killed 1 wounded |
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The Buner Field Expedition of 1898.
Buner Field Force
First Brigade
Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG
Second Brigade
Brig Gen P.D.Jeffreys CB
Divisional Troops
- 10th Bengal Lancers (1 Squadron)
- 10th Field Battery Royal Artillery
- No7 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
- No 8 Bengal Mountain Battery
- No 4 Coy Bengal Sappers & Miners
- No 5 Coy Madras Sappers & Miners
- 2nd Batt Highland Light Infantry
- 3rd Bombay Light Infantry
- 2.5 British Field Hospitals
- 4 Native Field Hospitals
External Links
Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
New York Times article