Miranzai Valley Expedition 1856

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Miranzai Valley Expedition 1856
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date: 21 October-End December 1856
Location: Miranzai Valley, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 33.670634°N 71.201565°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Turi tribesmen
Commanders
Brig Gen Neville Chamberlain
Strength
Casualties

Field Force

No1 Punjab Light Field Battery (3 guns)
No3 Punjab Light Field Battery (6 guns)
4th Punjab Cavalry
Detachment of Sappers & Miners
Four Companies of 66th Gurkhas
1st Punjab Infantry
3rdt Punjab Infantry
Scinde Rifle Corps

Reinforcements

Detachment Peshawar Mountain Train Battery
Detachment 1st Punjab Cavalry
Four Companies of 66th Gurkha Regt
2nd Punjab Infantry
5th Punjab Infantry
Khotah Levies

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