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[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Operations in Waziristan]]
 
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908]]
|date=November 1936 - December 1937
|location= [[Waziristan]], NWF
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.542357,70.326721&z=12&t=h&hl=en 33.542357°N 70.326721°E] 
|result= Submission of tribesmen
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wazir_(tribe) Waziri tribesmen]
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coleridge_(Indian_Army_officer) Gen Sir John Coleridge]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fakir_of_Ipi Fakir of Ipi]
|strength1=Up to 60,000 regular and irregular troops
|strength2= 4,000 tribesmen
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waziristan_campaign_(1936–1939) Waziristan campaign (1936–1939)] Wikipedia<br />
[http://www.newman-family-tree.net/RE_Journal_1984.pdf  Waziristan 1937-1939] (9 page pdf) by Lieut Colonel H E M Newman ''The Royal Engineer Journal Volume 95, number 2, 1984''  
[http://www.newman-family-tree.net/RE_Journal_1984.pdf  Waziristan 1937-1939] (9 page pdf) by Lieut Colonel H E M Newman ''The Royal Engineer Journal Volume 95, number 2, 1984''  


[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Waziristan, Operations in]]
[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Waziristan, Operations in]]

Revision as of 17:30, 23 January 2011

Operations in Waziristan
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date: November 1936 - December 1937
Location: Waziristan, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 33.542357°N 70.326721°E
Result: Submission of tribesmen
Combatants
British & Indians Waziri tribesmen
Commanders
Gen Sir John Coleridge Fakir of Ipi
Strength
Up to 60,000 regular and irregular troops 4,000 tribesmen
Casualties

External links

Waziristan campaign (1936–1939) Wikipedia
Waziristan 1937-1939 (9 page pdf) by Lieut Colonel H E M Newman The Royal Engineer Journal Volume 95, number 2, 1984