Buner Field Expedition

Buner Field Expedition
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date:	2-19 January 1898
Location:	Buner, NWF
Presidency:	Bengal
Co-ordinates:	34.622739°N 72.671880°E
Result:	Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians	Bunerwals
Commanders
Brig Gen Sir Bindon Blood
Strength
8,800 troops
Casualties
0 killed 1 wounded

Buner 1909

The Buner Field Expedition of 1898.

Buner Field Force

First Brigade
Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG

• 1st Batt Royal West Kent Regt
• 16th Bengal Infantry
• 20th Punjab Infantry
• 31st Punjab Infantry

Second Brigade
Brig Gen P.D.Jeffreys CB

• 1st Batt East Kent Regt
• 21st Punjab Infantry
• Guides Infantry

Divisional Troops

• 10th Bengal Lancers (1 Squadron)
• 10th Field Battery Royal Artillery
• No7 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
• No 8 Bengal Mountain Battery
• No 4 Coy Bengal Sappers & Miners
• No 5 Coy Madras Sappers & Miners
• 2nd Batt Highland Light Infantry
• 3rd Bombay Light Infantry
• 2.5 British Field Hospitals
• 4 Native Field Hospitals
  

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
New York Times article