Orakzai Expedition

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Orakzai Expedition
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date: 25 August-7 October 1855
Location: Orakzai Agency, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: approx 33.61429°N 70.88409°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Rabia Khel Orakzai tribesmen
Commanders
Brig Gen Neville Chamberlain
Strength
Casualties

The Orakzai Expedition of 1855.

Field Force

Peshawar Mountain Train Battery (4 guns)

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Orakzai tribesmen

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