Miranzai Valley Expedition 1851

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Miranzai Valley Expedition 1851
Part of Punitive Expeditions
Date: 4 (14?) October-12 November 1851
Location: Miranzai Valley, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 33.670634°N 71.201565°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Waziri raiders
Commanders
Capt John Coke
Strength
Casualties

Field Force

No1 Punjab Light Field Battery (3 guns)
1st Punjab Cavalry (21st Cavalry)
Half Company Sappers & Miners
1st Punjab Infantry (55th Coke's Rifles)

External Links

Google Books - Coke's Expedition

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