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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 |
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Buner Field Force
First Brigade
Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG
- 1st Batt Royal West Kent Regt
(see 50th Regiment of Foot) - 16th Bengal Infantry
(see 16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry) - 20th Punjab Infantry
(see 20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry) - 31st Punjab Infantry
(see 31st Regiment of Punjab Infantry)
Second Brigade
Brig Gen P.D.Jeffreys CB
- 1st Batt East Kent Regt
(see 3rd Regiment of Foot) - 21st Punjab Infantry
(see 21st Regiment of Punjab Infantry)
Divisional Troops
- 10th Bengal Lancers (1 Squadron)
(see 10th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)) - 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