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| [[Category:Battles|Lockhart Fort, Battle of]] | | [[Category:Battles|Lockhart Fort, Battle of]] |
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| |partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirah_Campaign Tirah Campaign]
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| |date= 9-14 September 1897
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| |location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samana_Range Samana Range, Kohat District, NWF]
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| |presidency=[[Bengal]]
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| |co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.54444,70.939227&z=13&t=h&hl=en 33.54444°N 70.939227°E]
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| |result= Attacks repulsed<br>Fort relieved 14 September
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| |territory=
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| |combatant1=[[East India Company]]
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| |combatant2=Afridi & Orakzai tribesmeni tribesmen
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| |commander1=Maj Gen Yeatman-Biggs CB
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| == External Links ==
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/samana.htm British Empire - Siege of Fort Lockhart]
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| [[Image:FortGulistan.jpg|thumb|Fort Lockhart location]] | | See [[Battle of Samana Ridge]] |
Latest revision as of 18:02, 17 December 2008