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Shirani Expedition
Part of Punitive Expeditions
Date:	April 1853
Location:	Takht-i-Sulaiman area Dera Ismail Khan District, NWF
Presidency:	Bengal
Co-ordinates:	31.693572°N 70.122921°E
Result:	Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians	Shirani tribesmen
Commanders
Brig Gen J.S.Hodgson
Strength
under 2,000
Casualties
None

Punjab Irregular Force

No 2 Light Field Battery
Detachment Garrison Artillery
5th Punjab Cavalry
Sind Camel Corps
Wing 1st Punjab Infantry
Wing 3rd Punjab Infantry
2nd Police Battalion
6th Police Battalion

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History

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-==Field Force==
+==Punjab Irregular Force==
-'''Right Column'''<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Napier,_1st_Baron_Napier_of_Magdala Lieut Col Robert Napier RE]<br>[[Mountain Train Battery]] (2 guns)<br>Corps of Guides (350 men)<br>1st Sikh Infantry (51st Sikhs 300 men)<br>Rawalpindi Police (176 men)<br>
+No 2 Light Field Battery <br>Detachment Garrison Artillery<br>5th Punjab Cavalry<br>Sind Camel Corps<br>Wing 1st Punjab Infantry<br>Wing 3rd Punjab Infantry<br>2nd Police Battalion<br>6th Police Battalion
-'''Centre Column'''<br>Major J. Abbott<br>Police (2 Companies)<br>Kasmir Dogras (2 Companies)<br>Levies (1,400 men)<br>11 Light native guns<br>
-'''Left Column'''<br>Capt W.W.Davidson 16th Irregulars<br>[[Mountain Train Battery]] (4 guns)<br>[[16th Irregular Cavalry]]<br>Kasmir Dogras (2 Regiments less 2 Companies)<br>
-'''Reserve'''<br>5th Troop 1st Brigade Royal Horse Artillery ('T' Battery)<br>7th Company Sapper & Miners<br>3rd Native Infantry<br>Kelat-i-Ghilzai Regiment (12th  Pioneers)
 == External Links ==
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1849-1858 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/EastbourneSussexRegimentMemorial.html#BlackMountain Sussex Regiment memorial - Black Mountain Expeditions]<br>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_257.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India - Black  Mountain]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=v_8IAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA200&dq=Mackeson&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=PDTNR5qBJJjWyATww6idCA#PPA201,M1 Mackeson's Obituary]
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1849-1858 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]
 == Recommended Reading ==
 Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 <br>Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0

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