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[[Image:Ambela-Pass.jpg|thumb|Ambela Pass 1909]] | [[Image:Ambela-Pass.jpg|thumb|Ambela Pass 1909]] | ||
== Ambela Field Force == | == Ambela Field Force == | ||
''First Brigade'''<br>''Col W.W.Turner CB, 97th Foot''<br>C-19th [[Royal Artillery]] (3 guns)<br>Peshawar Mountain Train Battery<br>[[71st Regiment of Foot]]<br>1st Punjab Infantry (see [[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force]])<br>3rd Punjab Infantry<br>5th Punjab Infantry<br>20th Punjab Native Infantry<br>32nd Punjab Native Infantry<br>5th Gurkha Regiment (see [[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force]])<br> | ''First Brigade'''<br>''Col W.W.Turner CB, 97th Foot''<br>C-19th [[Royal Artillery]] (3 guns)<br>Peshawar Mountain Train Battery<br>[[71st Regiment of Foot]]<br>1st Punjab Infantry (see [[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force]])<br>3rd Punjab Infantry (see [[3rd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force]])<br>5th Punjab Infantry (see [[5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force]])<br>20th Punjab Native Infantry<br>32nd Punjab Native Infantry<br>5th Gurkha Regiment (see [[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force]])<br> | ||
'''Second Brigade'''<br>''Lt Col A.T.Wilde CB, Corps of Guides''<br>No 3 Punjab Light Field battery (3 Guns)<br> Hazara Mountain Train Battery<br>101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers (see [[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers]])<br>6th Punjab Infantry<br>14th Native Infantry<br>Guides Infantry<br>4th Gurkha Regiment (see [[4th Gurkha Rifles]])<br> | '''Second Brigade'''<br>''Lt Col A.T.Wilde CB, Corps of Guides''<br>No 3 Punjab Light Field battery (3 Guns)<br> Hazara Mountain Train Battery<br>101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers (see [[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers]])<br>6th Punjab Infantry<br>14th Native Infantry<br>Guides Infantry<br>4th Gurkha Regiment (see [[4th Gurkha Rifles]])<br> | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 North West Frontier Military History] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/ambela/ambela1863images.htm British Empire - Ambela Campaign]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hQYDAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA182&dq=Umbeyla&as_brr=3&ei=WIeYSIzxG4m2iwGal8nDBw#PPA182,M1 Google Books - Ambela Campaign]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_William_Pitcher Lieut Pitcher VC] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vincent_Fosbery Lieut Fosbery VC] Wikipedia | ||
Revision as of 14:01, 16 March 2009
| Ambela Campaign | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908 | ||
| Date: | 18 October-23 December 1863 | |
| Location: | Ambela Pass, Buner, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 34.398975°N 72.490498°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British | Yusufzai tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Brig Gen N Chamberlain | ||
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
| 238 killed 670 wounded |
3,000 killed & wounded | |
Ambela Field Force
First Brigade'
Col W.W.Turner CB, 97th Foot
C-19th Royal Artillery (3 guns)
Peshawar Mountain Train Battery
71st Regiment of Foot
1st Punjab Infantry (see 1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force)
3rd Punjab Infantry (see 3rd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force)
5th Punjab Infantry (see 5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force)
20th Punjab Native Infantry
32nd Punjab Native Infantry
5th Gurkha Regiment (see 5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force)
Second Brigade
Lt Col A.T.Wilde CB, Corps of Guides
No 3 Punjab Light Field battery (3 Guns)
Hazara Mountain Train Battery
101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers (see 1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers)
6th Punjab Infantry
14th Native Infantry
Guides Infantry
4th Gurkha Regiment (see 4th Gurkha Rifles)
Divisional Troops
11th Bengal Cavalry (100 men)
Guides Cavalry (100 men)
Sappers & Miners
Reinforcements arrived December
7th Foot
93rd Foot
3rd Sikhs
23rd Native Infantry Pioneers
External Links
North West Frontier Military History Wikipedia
NWF Expeditions
British Empire - Ambela Campaign
Google Books - Ambela Campaign
Lieut Pitcher VC Wikipedia
Lieut Fosbery VC Wikipedia