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Black Mountain Expedition 1868
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date:	3-22 October 1868
Location:	Black Mountain Range, NWF
Presidency:	Bengal
Co-ordinates:	34.617016°N 72.992962°E
Result:	Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians	Hassanzai tribesmen
Commanders
Brig Gen Alfred Wilde
Strength
12,500 British troops
Casualties

First Brigade
Brig Gen R.O.Bright
1st Battalion 19th Regiment of Foot
20th Punjab Native Infantry

Second Brigade
Brig Gen J.L.Vaughan CB
1st Battalion 6th Regiment of Foot
3rd Sikh Infantry
(see 3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force)
2nd Gurkha Rifles

Divisional Troops & Reserve
S Battery Royal Horse Artillery
19th Royal Artillery
24th Royal Artillery
Hazara Mountain Battery
16th Bengal Cavalry (188 men)
Guides Cavalry (131 men)
Detachmant Telegraph Sappers
2nd Punjab Infantry
(see 2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force)
4th Gurkha Rifles
5th Gurkha Regiment
(see 5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force)
Levies & Police (518 men)

At Darband
38th Regiment of Foot
9th Bengal Cavalry
31st Punjab Native Infantry

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 ==Field Force==
-'''First Brigade'''<br>Brig Gen R.O.Bright<br>1st Battalion [[19th Regiment of Foot]]<br>20th Punjab Native Infantry<br>(see [[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]])<br>[[1st Gurkha Rifles]]<br>
+'''First Brigade'''<br>Brig Gen R.O.Bright<br>
+st Battalion [[19th Regiment of Foot]]<br>
+[[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Punjab Native Infantry]]<br>
 '''Second Brigade'''<br>Brig Gen J.L.Vaughan CB<br>1st Battalion [[6th Regiment of Foot]]<br>3rd Sikh Infantry<br>(see [[3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force]])