Miranzai Valley Expedition January 1891

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Miranzai Valley Expedition January 1891
Part of Punitive Expeditions
Date: 29 January-End of February 1891
Location: Miranzai Valley, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 33.670634°N 71.201565°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Orakzai tribesmen
Commanders
Maj Gen Sir William Lockhart
Strength
Casualties

Miranzai Field Force

First Column
Col A.McC.Bruce
Three Troops 5th Punjab Cavalry
No4 Hazara Mountain Battery
Half Company Bengal Sappers & Miners
1st Punjab Infantry
4th Punjab Infantry
23rd Bengal Infantry
29th Bengal Infantry

Second Column
Lieut Col A.H.Turner
No3 Peshawar Mountain Battery
Half Company Bengal Sappers & Miners
2nd Punjab Infantry
5th Punjab Infantry

Third Column
Lieut Col C.C.Brownlow
3rd Sikh Infantry
Four Companies 23rd Bengal Infantry Pioneers

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions

Recommended Reading

Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916
Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005
ISBN 1-845741-87-0