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[[Category:Battles|Umbeyla, Battle of]]
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|partof=[[:Category:Punitive Expeditions|Punitive Expeditions]]
|date=October-November 1863
|date=18 October-23 December 1863
|location= [http://www.khyber.org/pashtoplaces/bunerambelapass.shtml Ambela Pass], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buner_District Buner], NWF
|location= [http://www.khyber.org/pashtoplaces/bunerambelapass.shtml Ambela Pass], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buner_District Buner], NWF
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|combatant2=Yusufzaii tribesmen
|combatant2=Yusufzai tribesmen
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101032352/ Brig Gen N Chamberlain]
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101032352/ Brig Gen N Chamberlain]
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== Ambela Field Force ==
''First Brigade'''<br>''Col W.W.Turner CB, 97th Foot''<br>C-19th Royal  Artillery (3 guns)<br>Peshawar Mountain Train Battery<br>71st  Foot<br>1st Punjab Infantry<br>3rd Punjab Infantry<br>5th Punjab Infantry<br>20th Punjab Native Infantry<br>32nd Punjab Native Infantry<br>5th Gurkhas Regiment<br>
'''Second Brigade'''<br>''Lt Col A.T.Wilde CB, Corps  of Guides''<br>No 3 Punjab  Light Field battery (3 Guns)<br> Hazara Mountain Train Battery<br>101st Royal  Bengal  Fusiliers<br>6th Punjab Infantry<br>14th Native Infantry<br>Guides Infantry<br>4th Gurkhas Regiment<br>
'''Divisional Troops'''<br>11th Bengal Cavalry (100 men)<br>Guides Cavalry (100 men)<br>Sappers &  Miners<br>
'''Reicorcements arrived December'''<br>7th Foot<br>93rd Foot<br>3rd Sikhs<br>23rd Native Infantry Pioneers<br>
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/ambela/ambela1863images.htm British Empire - Ambela Campaign]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hQYDAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA182&dq=Umbeyla&as_brr=3&ei=WIeYSIzxG4m2iwGal8nDBw#PPA182,M1 Google Books - Ambela Campaign]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/ambela/ambela1863images.htm British Empire - Ambela Campaign]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hQYDAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA182&dq=Umbeyla&as_brr=3&ei=WIeYSIzxG4m2iwGal8nDBw#PPA182,M1 Google Books - Ambela Campaign]

Revision as of 18:49, 4 January 2009

Ambela Campaign
Part of Punitive Expeditions
Date: 18 October-23 December 1863
Location: Ambela Pass, Buner, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.398975°N 72.490498°E
Result:
Combatants
British Yusufzai tribesmen
Commanders
Brig Gen N Chamberlain
Strength
Casualties

Ambela Field Force

First Brigade'
Col W.W.Turner CB, 97th Foot
C-19th Royal Artillery (3 guns)
Peshawar Mountain Train Battery
71st Foot
1st Punjab Infantry
3rd Punjab Infantry
5th Punjab Infantry
20th Punjab Native Infantry
32nd Punjab Native Infantry
5th Gurkhas Regiment

Second Brigade
Lt Col A.T.Wilde CB, Corps of Guides
No 3 Punjab Light Field battery (3 Guns)
Hazara Mountain Train Battery
101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers
6th Punjab Infantry
14th Native Infantry
Guides Infantry
4th Gurkhas Regiment

Divisional Troops
11th Bengal Cavalry (100 men)
Guides Cavalry (100 men)
Sappers & Miners

Reicorcements arrived December
7th Foot
93rd Foot
3rd Sikhs
23rd Native Infantry Pioneers


External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
British Empire - Ambela Campaign
Google Books - Ambela Campaign