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== Kurram Field Force == | |||
Detachment of Sappers & Miners (16 men)<br>Detachment No1 Punjab Light Field Battery (46 men, 2 guns)<br>Detachment No2 Punjab Light Field Battery (81 men, 4 guns)<br>Detachment Peshawar Mountain Train Battery (85 men, 4 guns)<br>Detachment Hazara Mountain Train Battery (59 men, 3 guns)<br>Detachment Guide Cavalry (103 men)<br>2nd Punjab Cavalry (328 men)<br>Detachment Guide Infantry (323 men)<br>4th Sikh Infantry(639 men)<br>1st Punjab Infantry (517 men)<br>3rd Punjab Infantry (502 men)<br>4th Punjab Infantry (528 men)<br>Detachment 24th Punjab Infantry Pioneers (97 men)<br>Khuttuk Levies (131 Horse, 549 Foot)<br>Bungush Levies (10 Horse, 572 Foot)<br>Police (75 Horse) | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1849-1858 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id= | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1849-1858 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sJwIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA3-PA1&dq=Kabyl%20Khail&as_brr=3&ei=TSI0SZCZIoL4lQS1tdzwDw#PRA3-PA1-IA56,M1 Google Books - 1859 Expedition against the Kabyl Khail Wuzeerees] | ||
== Recommended Reading == | == Recommended Reading == | ||
Revision as of 18:24, 1 December 2008
| Waziri Expedition 1859 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of Punitive Expeditions | ||
| Date: | 15 December 1859- 14 January 1860 | |
| Location: | Kurram Agency, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 33.542357°N 70.326721°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribesmen | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Kabul Khel Waziri tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Brig Gen Neville Chamberlain | ||
| Strength | ||
| 5,372 incl levies | ||
| Casualties | ||
See also Battle of Maidani
Kurram Field Force
Detachment of Sappers & Miners (16 men)
Detachment No1 Punjab Light Field Battery (46 men, 2 guns)
Detachment No2 Punjab Light Field Battery (81 men, 4 guns)
Detachment Peshawar Mountain Train Battery (85 men, 4 guns)
Detachment Hazara Mountain Train Battery (59 men, 3 guns)
Detachment Guide Cavalry (103 men)
2nd Punjab Cavalry (328 men)
Detachment Guide Infantry (323 men)
4th Sikh Infantry(639 men)
1st Punjab Infantry (517 men)
3rd Punjab Infantry (502 men)
4th Punjab Infantry (528 men)
Detachment 24th Punjab Infantry Pioneers (97 men)
Khuttuk Levies (131 Horse, 549 Foot)
Bungush Levies (10 Horse, 572 Foot)
Police (75 Horse)
External Links
Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
Google Books - 1859 Expedition against the Kabyl Khail Wuzeerees
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