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: 'The Red Thread of Honour: Heights of Truckee, 1845' by David Cunliffe painted 1846. Collection of the Somerset Military Museum. artuk.org. Story behind painting can be found at page 9 of The Rifles History riflesmuseum.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
- 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