Miranzai Valley Expedition April 1891

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Miranzai Valley Expedition April 1891
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date: 5-23 April 1891
Location: Miranzai Valley, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 33.670634°N 71.201565°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Orakzai tribesmen
Commanders
Maj Gen Sir William Lockhart
Strength
Casualties

Miranzai Field Force

First Column
Col Sym, 5th Gurkhas

Second Column
Col Turner, 2nd Punjab Infantry

  • No 2 Dejarat Mountain Battery (3 guns)
  • 3rd Sikhs
    15th Sikh

Third Column
Col C.C.Brownlow, 1st Punjab Infantry

Cavalry Brigade
Col Biscoe, 19th Bengal Lancers

  • 5th Punjab Cavalry
  • 19th Bengal Lancers

Additional Forces

  • 5th Company Sappers & Miners
  • Three Native Field Hospitals

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