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'''Right Column'''<br>
''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Napier,_1st_Baron_Napier_of_Magdala Lieut Col Robert Napier RE]''<br>
*[[Mountain Train Battery]] (2 guns)<br>*[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Corps of Guides]] (350 men)<br>''Lt W S R Hodson''*[[1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Sikh Infantry]] (51st Sikhs 300 men)<br>''Capt G Gordon''*Rawalpindi Police (176 men)''Lt S B Cookson''<br>
'''Centre Column'''<br>''Major J. Abbott, Deputy Commissioner''<br>*Police (2 Companies)<br>*Kashmir Dogras (2 Companies)<br>*Levies (1,400 men)<br>*11 Light native guns<br>
'''Left Column'''<br>''Capt W.W.Davidson 16th Irregulars''<br>*[[Mountain Train Battery]] (4 guns)<br>*[[16th Irregular Cavalry]]<br>*Kashmir Dogras (2 Regiments less 2 Companies)<br>
'''Reserve'''<br>
''Lt-Col J Butler''*5th Troop 1st Brigade [[Royal Horse Artillery]] ('T' Battery)<br>*7th Company [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sapper & Miners]]<br>**[[3rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|3rd Native Infantry]]<br>*[[12th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|Kelat-i-Ghilzai Regiment]] (12th Pioneers)
== External Links ==
[http://www.roll-of honour.com/Sussex/EastbourneSussexRegimentMemorial.html#BlackMountain Black Mountain Expeditions] Sussex Regiment Memorial<br>
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_257.gif Imperial Black Mountain] Gazetteer of India<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=v_8IAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA200&dq=Mackeson&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=PDTNR5qBJJjWyATww6idCA#PPA201,M1 Mackeson's Obituary] Google Book<br>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisjohnbeckett/266306856/ Mackeson's Memorial in Cantebury Cathedral] www.flickr.com
==== Historical Books on-line ====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/100/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I - Black Mountain Expedition 1852-53] archive.org
== Recommended Reading ==
Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 <br>Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0
