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No1 Punjab Light Field Battery (3 guns)<br>No3 Punjab Light Field Battery (6 guns)<br>4th Punjab Cavalry<br>Detachment of Sappers & Miners<br>Four Companies of 66th Gurkhas<br>1st Punjab Infantry<br>3rdt Punjab Infantry<br>Scinde Rifle Corps | |||
== Reinforcements == | |||
Detachment Peshawar Mountain Train Battery<br>Detachment 1st Punjab Cavalry<br>Four Companies of 66th Gurkha Regt<br>2nd Punjab Infantry<br>5th Punjab Infantry<br>Khotah Levies | Detachment Peshawar Mountain Train Battery<br>Detachment 1st Punjab Cavalry<br>Four Companies of 66th Gurkha Regt<br>2nd Punjab Infantry<br>5th Punjab Infantry<br>Khotah Levies | ||
Revision as of 18:30, 13 December 2008
| Miranzai Valley Expedition 1856 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of Punitive Expeditions | ||
| Date: | 21 October-End December 1856 | |
| Location: | Miranzai Valley, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 33.670634°N 71.201565°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Turi tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Brig Gen Neville Chamberlain | ||
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Field Force
No1 Punjab Light Field Battery (3 guns)
No3 Punjab Light Field Battery (6 guns)
4th Punjab Cavalry
Detachment of Sappers & Miners
Four Companies of 66th Gurkhas
1st Punjab Infantry
3rdt Punjab Infantry
Scinde Rifle Corps
Reinforcements
Detachment Peshawar Mountain Train Battery
Detachment 1st Punjab Cavalry
Four Companies of 66th Gurkha Regt
2nd Punjab Infantry
5th Punjab Infantry
Khotah Levies
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