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[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]<br>[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9C07E5D81039E433A2575AC0A9679C94699ED7CF&oref=slogin New York Times article] www.antiquesatoz.com | [http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]<br>[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9C07E5D81039E433A2575AC0A9679C94699ED7CF&oref=slogin New York Times article] www.antiquesatoz.com | ||
==== Historical Books on-line ==== | ==== Historical Books on-line ==== | ||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/312/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I - Buner Field Expedition] archive.org | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/312/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I - Buner Field Expedition] archive.org | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontiercampaign00dunmrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''A frontier campaign: a narrative of the operations of the Malakand and Buner field forces, 1897-1898''] by the Viscount Fincastle and P. C. Eliott-Lockhart 2nd edition 1898 Archive.org | |||
[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns|Buner Field Expedition 1898]] | [[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns|Buner Field Expedition 1898]] | ||
Revision as of 12:26, 19 August 2011
| Buner Field Expedition | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns | ||
| Date: | 2-19 January 1898 | |
| Location: | Buner, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 34.622739°N 72.671880°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Bunerwals | |
| Commanders | ||
| Brig Gen Sir Bindon Blood | ||
| Strength | ||
| 8,800 troops | ||
| Casualties | ||
| 0 killed 1 wounded |
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The Buner Field Expedition of 1898.
Buner Field Force
First Brigade
Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG
Second Brigade
Brig Gen P.D.Jeffreys CB
Divisional Troops
- 10th Bengal Lancers (1 Squadron)
- 10th Field Battery Royal Artillery
- No7 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
- No 8 Bengal Mountain Battery
- No 4 Coy Bengal Sappers & Miners
- No 5 Coy Madras Sappers & Miners
- 2nd Batt Highland Light Infantry
- 3rd Bombay Light Infantry
- 2.5 British Field Hospitals
- 4 Native Field Hospitals
External Links
North West Frontier Military History Wikipedia
NWF Expeditions
New York Times article www.antiquesatoz.com
Historical Books on-line
- Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I - Buner Field Expedition archive.org
- A frontier campaign: a narrative of the operations of the Malakand and Buner field forces, 1897-1898 by the Viscount Fincastle and P. C. Eliott-Lockhart 2nd edition 1898 Archive.org