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== Miranzai Field Force ==
== Miranzai Field Force ==
'''First Column'''<br>''Col A.McC.Bruce''<br> Three Troops 5th Punjab Cavalry<br>No4 Hazara Mountain Battery<br>Half Company Bengal Sappers & Miners<br>1st Punjab Infantry<br>4th Punjab Infantry<br>23rd Bengal Infantry<br>29th Bengal Infantry<br>
'''First Column'''<br>''Col A.McC.Bruce''
*Three Troops [[5th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Punjab Cavalry]]
*No4 Hazara Mountain Battery
*Half Company [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Bengal Sappers & Miners]]
*[[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Infantry]]
*[[4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Punjab Infantry]]
*[[23rd Punjab Pioneers|23rd Bengal Infantry Pioneers]]
*[[29th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|29th Bengal Infantry]]<br>


'''Second Column'''<br>''Lieut Col A.H.Turner''<br>No3 Peshawar Mountain Battery<br>Half Company Bengal Sappers & Miners<br>2nd Punjab Infantry<br>5th Punjab Infantry<br>
'''Second Column'''<br>''Lieut Col A.H.Turner''
*No3 Peshawar Mountain Battery
*Half Company Bengal Sappers & Miners
*2nd Punjab Infantry<br>5th Punjab Infantry<br>


'''Third Column'''<br>''Lieut Col C.C.Brownlow''<br>3rd Sikh Infantry<br>Four Companies 23rd Bengal Infantry Pioneers<br>
'''Third Column'''<br>''Lieut Col C.C.Brownlow''
*3rd Sikh Infantry
*Four Companies 23rd Bengal Infantry Pioneers<br>
   
   
== External Links ==
== External Links ==

Revision as of 09:02, 9 May 2009

Miranzai Valley Expedition January 1891
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date: 29 January-End of February 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 A.McC.Bruce

Second Column
Lieut Col A.H.Turner

  • No3 Peshawar Mountain Battery
  • Half Company Bengal Sappers & Miners
  • 2nd Punjab Infantry
    5th Punjab Infantry

Third Column
Lieut Col C.C.Brownlow

  • 3rd Sikh Infantry
  • Four Companies 23rd Bengal Infantry Pioneers

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