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[[Category: | [[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Miranzai Valley Expedition 1891, 2nd]] | ||
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|date=5-23 April 1891 | |date=5-23 April 1891 | ||
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranzai_Valley Miranzai Valley, NWF] | |location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranzai_Valley Miranzai Valley, NWF] | ||
Revision as of 19:00, 19 February 2009
| Miranzai Valley Expedition April 1891 | ||
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| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908 | ||
| Date: | 5-23 April 1891 | |
| Location: | Miranzai Valley, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 33.670634°N 71.201565°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Orakzai tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj Gen Sir William Lockhart | ||
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Miranzai Field Force
First Column
Col Sym, 5th Gurkhas
No3 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
1st Batt King's Royal Rifles
1st Punjab Infantry
2nd Punjab Infantry
1st Batt 5th Gurkhas
Second Column
Col Turner, 2nd Punjab Infantry
No2 Dejarat Mountain Battery (3 guns)
3rd Sikhs
15th Sikh
Third Column
Col C.C.Brownlow, 1st Punjab Infantry
No3 Peshawar Mountain Battery
6th Punjab Infantry
19th Punjab Infantry
29th Punjab Infantry
Cavalry Brigade
Col Biscoe, 19th Bengal Lancers
5th Punjab Cavalry<br.19th Bengal Lancers
Additional Forces
5th Company Sappers & Miners
Three Native Field Hospitals
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