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| | '''For details see main article [[Persian War]]''' |
| | | [[Category:Wars and Campaigns|Persian War]] |
| == Summary ==
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| Persia's expansion on its eastern frontier culminated in the occupation of Herat in [[Afghanistan]] on 25 October 1856. Britain responded by declaring war on 1 November. The British under Commodore Young occupied Kharg Island and an advance division under Maj-Gen Stalker took Bushire in December. Reinforcements under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Outram_(British_officer) Sir James Outram] arrived from [[Bombay]] in January 1857. After a series of British victories the Treaty of Paris was signed on 4 March 1857 and the Persians withdrew from Herat.
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| == Expeditionary Force ==
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| '''First Division'''<br>
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| ''Maj-Gen Stalker CB''<br> | |
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| ''Artillery under Brig H W Trevelyan''
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| *3rd Troop [[Bombay Horse Artillery|Horse Artillery]]
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| *1st Company 1st Battalion [[Bombay European Foot Artillery|European Foot Artillery]]
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| *4th Company 1st Battalion [[Bombay European Foot Artillery|European Foot Artillery]]
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| *Reserve [[Bombay European Foot Artillery|European Foot Artillery]]<br>
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| ''Cavalry Brigade under Brig T Tapp''<br>
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| *Two squadrons [[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|3rd Regiment Light Cavalry]] (243 troopers) under Capt Forbes
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| *Two troops of [[Poona Horse|Poona Irregular Horse]] (176 troopers)<br>
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| ''1st Infantry Brigade under Brig J Stopford CB''<br> | |
| *HM [[64th Regiment of Foot]] under Maj Sterling
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| *[[20th Regiment of Bombay Infantry|20th Native Infantry]] under Capt Macleod<br>
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| ''2nd Infantry Brigade under Brig R W Honner''<br>
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| *[[2nd Bombay (European) Fusiliers|2nd Bombay European Light Infantry]] under Lt-Col Ramsay
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| *[[4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps)|4th Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps)]] under Maj Manson
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| *[[26th (Baluchistan) Regiment of Bombay Infantry|2nd Belooch Battalion]] under Capt Hough<br>
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| ''Engineer Department under Brevet Maj J Hill''<br>
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| *Two Companies of [[Bombay Sappers and Miners|Sappers & Miners]] under Capt Dickinson<br>
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| Total 4234
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| '''Second Division'''<br>
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| ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Havelock Brig-Gen Havelock CB]''<br>
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| ''First Brigade under Brig Hamilton''<br>
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| *[[78th Regiment of Foot|78th HighLanders]]
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| *[[26th (Baluchistan) Regiment of Bombay Infantry|26th Native Infantry]]
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| ''Second Brigade under Brig Hale''
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| *[[23rd Bombay Rifles|23rd Native Light Infantry]]
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| *[[14th Light Dragoons]]
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| *No 3 Light Field Battery (6 guns) under Capt Hatch
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| *No 5 Light Field Battery (6 guns) under Capt Gibbard
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| *4th troop of Horse Artillery (6 guns) under Maj Blake
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| == External Links ==
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Persian_War Persian War 1856-57] Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BnwcAAAAMAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0 Outram & Havelock's Persian Campaign] Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_gkHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA343&dq=Persian+War+1856&as_brr=3&ei=todlSr_gEozcygTZuazVAw Persian War- Blackwoods Magazine] Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DopJAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Lieut.-General+Sir+James+Outram%27s+Persian+campaign+in+1857&ei=CIllSsP6JJa4yQTv8KnPAw Outram's Despatches] Google Books
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| [[Category:Wars and Campaigns|Persian War 1856-57]] | |
| [[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Persian War]]
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For details see main article Persian War