Truckee Campaign
| Truckee Campaign | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of Minor Campaigns | ||
| Date: | 16 January-19 March 1845 | |
| Location: | Truckee fortress, Deyrah, near Jacobabad, Sind | |
| Presidency: | Bombay | |
| Co-ordinates: | 28.501098°N 68.322259°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Bugti, Baluchi Tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj Gen Sir Charles Napier | ||
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Alternative spelling: Trukkee, Traki
External Links
- Painting: 'Trukkee, 28th February 1845, an incident during Sir Charles Napier's Hill campaign in Baluchistan, 1845' National Army Museum
- Victorian Wars Forum thread about an incident involving the 13th Regiment of Foot, including a painting. This painting may also be seen in the following link: Click on right hand top corner to enlarge.
- Painting: 'The Red Thread of Honour: Heights of Truckee, 1845' by David Cunliffe painted 1846. Collection of the Somerset Military Museum . Your Paintings bbc.co.uk
Historical books online
- Napier's despatch Google Books
- "Termination of the War with the Mountain Tribes on the North of the Indus", page 277 Allen's Indian Mail 1845 Google Books
- London Gazette Issue 20474 published on the 27 May 1845, Page 1
- In January 1845 Sir C Napier issued a manifesto embodying a declaration of war against the Jackranees. Doomkees and Bhoogtees, page 181 History of General Sir Charles Napier's Administration of Scinde, and Campaign in the Cutchee Hills by Sir William Francis Patrick Napier 1851 Google Books
- 1845, page 55 Record Book of the Scinde Irregular Horse Volume 1, 1856 Google Books
Restricted access Google Books
Probably accessible by those in North America
- The United Service Magazine 1893 page 1214 (snippet Google search result: there is a description of an incident in the storming of Truckee Hill, Fort Scinde, which may be the foundation of the story. ... the six to one computation is the best to accept Of the eleven British soldiers who reached the top, ...)