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'''First Division'''<br> | '''First Division'''<br> | ||
''Maj-Gen Stalker CB''<br> | ''Maj-Gen Stalker CB''<br> | ||
Artillery under Brig H W Trevelyan | |||
*3rd Troop Horse Artillery | ''Artillery under Brig H W Trevelyan'' | ||
*1st Company 1st Battalion European Foot Artillery | *3rd Troop [[Bombay Horse Artillery|Horse Artillery]] | ||
*4th Company 1st Battalion European Foot Artillery | *1st Company 1st Battalion [[Bombay European Foot Artillery|European Foot Artillery]] | ||
*Reserve European Foot Artillery<br> | *4th Company 1st Battalion [[Bombay European Foot Artillery|European Foot Artillery]] | ||
Cavalry Brigade under Brig T Tapp<br> | *Reserve [[Bombay European Foot Artillery|European Foot Artillery]]<br> | ||
*Two squadrons 3rd Regiment Light Cavalry (243 troopers) under Capt Forbes | |||
''Cavalry Brigade under Brig T Tapp''<br> | |||
*Two squadrons [[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|3rd Regiment Light Cavalry]] (243 troopers) under Capt Forbes | |||
*Two troops of [[Poona Horse|Poona Irregular Horse]] (176 troopers)<br> | *Two troops of [[Poona Horse|Poona Irregular Horse]] (176 troopers)<br> | ||
1st Infantry Brigade under Brig J Stopford CB<br> | ''1st Infantry Brigade under Brig J Stopford CB''<br> | ||
*HM [[64th Regiment of Foot]] under Maj Sterling | *HM [[64th Regiment of Foot]] under Maj Sterling | ||
*20th Native Infantry under Capt Macleod<br> | *[[20th Regiment of Bombay Infantry|20th Native Infantry]] under Capt Macleod<br> | ||
2nd Infantry Brigade under Brig R W Honner<br> | |||
*2nd Bombay European Light Infantry under Lt-Col Ramsay | ''2nd Infantry Brigade under Brig R W Honner''<br> | ||
*4th Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps) under Maj Manson | *[[2nd Bombay (European) Fusiliers|2nd Bombay European Light Infantry]] under Lt-Col Ramsay | ||
*[[4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps)|4th Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps)]] under Maj Manson | |||
*2nd Belooch Battalion under Capt Hough<br> | *2nd Belooch Battalion under Capt Hough<br> | ||
Engineer Department under Brevet Maj J Hill<br> | |||
*Two Companies of Sappers & Miners under Capt Dickinson<br> | ''Engineer Department under Brevet Maj J Hill''<br> | ||
*Two Companies of [[Bombay Sappers and Miners|Sappers & Miners]] under Capt Dickinson<br> | |||
Total 4234 | Total 4234 | ||
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Summary
Persia's expansion on its eastern frontier culminated in the occupation of Herat in Afghanistan on 25 October 1856. Britain responded by declaring war on 1 November. The British under Commodore Young occupied Kharg Island and an advance division under Maj-Gen Stalker took Bushire in December. Reinforcements under Sir James Outram arrived from Bombay in January 1857. After a series of British victories the Treaty of Paris was signed on 4 March 1857 and the Persians withdrew from Herat.
Expeditionary Force
First Division
Maj-Gen Stalker CB
Artillery under Brig H W Trevelyan
- 3rd Troop Horse Artillery
- 1st Company 1st Battalion European Foot Artillery
- 4th Company 1st Battalion European Foot Artillery
- Reserve European Foot Artillery
Cavalry Brigade under Brig T Tapp
- Two squadrons 3rd Regiment Light Cavalry (243 troopers) under Capt Forbes
- Two troops of Poona Irregular Horse (176 troopers)
1st Infantry Brigade under Brig J Stopford CB
- HM 64th Regiment of Foot under Maj Sterling
- 20th Native Infantry under Capt Macleod
2nd Infantry Brigade under Brig R W Honner
- 2nd Bombay European Light Infantry under Lt-Col Ramsay
- 4th Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps) under Maj Manson
- 2nd Belooch Battalion under Capt Hough
Engineer Department under Brevet Maj J Hill
- Two Companies of Sappers & Miners under Capt Dickinson
Total 4234
Second Division
Brig-Gen Havelock CB
First Brigade under Brig Hamilton
- 78th HighLanders
- 26th Native Infantry
Second Brigade under Brig Hale
- 23rd Native Light Infantry
- 14th Light Dragoons
- No 3 Light Field Battery (6 guns) under Capt Hatch
- No 5 Light Field Battery (6 guns) under Capt Gibbard
- 4th troop of Horse Artillery (6 guns) under Maj Blake
External Links
Persian War 1856-57 Wikipedia
Outram & Havelock's Persian Campaign Google Books
Persian War- Blackwoods Magazine Google Books
Outram's Despatches Google Books
Pages in category "Persian War"
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