Bizoti Orakzai Expedition
| Bizoti Orakzai Expedition | ||
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| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908 | ||
| Date: | March 1868 & 25 February-4 April 1869 | |
| Location: | Bizoti, Orakzai Agency, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 33.783333°N 70.983331°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Orakzai tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj L.B.Jones Lt Col C.P.Keyes CB |
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| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
| 1868 sortie: 11 killed & 44 wounded 1869 sortie: 3 killed & 33 wounded |
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Field Force 1868
Maj L.B.Jones
No 2 Punjab Light Field Battery (2 guns)
3rd Punjab Cavalry (80 men) (see 3rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force)
3rd Punjab Infantry (280 men) (see 3rd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force)
6th Punjab Infantry (200 men) (see 6th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force)
Field Force 1868
Lt Col C.P.Keyes
No 1 Punjab Light Field Battery (2 mountain guns)
1st Punjab Infantry (see 1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force)
4th Punjab Infantry (see 4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force)