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