Miranzai Valley Expedition April 1891

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Miranzai Valley Expedition April 1891
Part of Punitive Expeditions
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
No3 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
1st Batt King's Royal Rifles
1st Punjab Infantry
2nd Punjab Infantry
1st Batt 5th Gurkhas

Second Column
Col Turner, 2nd Punjab Infantry
No2 Dejarat Mountain Battery (3 guns)
3rd Sikhs
15th Sikh

Third Column
Col C.C.Brownlow, 1st Punjab Infantry
No3 Peshawar Mountain Battery
6th Punjab Infantry
19th Punjab Infantry
29th Punjab Infantry

Cavalry Brigade
Col Biscoe, 19th Bengal Lancers
5th Punjab Cavalry<br.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