Kohat Pass Expedition
Kohat Pass Expedition | ||
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Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908 | ||
Date: | February-November 1850 | |
Location: | Kohat Pass,Kohat, NWF | |
Presidency: | Bengal | |
Co-ordinates: | 33.627214°N 71.459821°E | |
Result: | Submission of tribes | |
Combatants | ||
East India Company | Afridi tribesmen | |
Commanders | ||
Brig Gen Sir Colin Campbell | ||
Strength | ||
Casualties | ||
The Kohat Pass Expedition of 1850.
Field Force
2nd Troop 2nd Brigade Horse Artillery (elephant transport)
- Two 5.5 inch mortars
- Two Companies 60th Rifles
- Two Companies 61st Foot
- Two Companies 98th Foot
- 1st Punjab Cavalry
- 15th Irregular Cavalry
- 1st Punjab Infantry
- 23rd Native Infantry
- 31st Native Infantry
- 1,600 tribal levies
External Links
Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Google Books - Kohat Expedition