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[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Black Mountain Expedition 1868]]
''At Darband''== External links ==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1859-1878 North West Frontier Military History] Wikipedia<br>38th Foot[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/EastbourneSussexRegimentMemorial.html#BlackMountain Black Mountain Expeditions] Sussex Regiment memorial<br>9th Bengal [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_257.gif Black Cavalry<br>31st Punjab Native InfantryMountain] Imperial Gazetteer of India<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/blackmountain1868.htm Black Mountain Expedition 1868] www.britishempire.co.uk==== Historical books online ====*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/110/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I - Black Mountain Expedition 1868] archive.org*[http://books.google.com/books?id=s1MuAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA66 Black Mountain Campaign 1868] page 66 ''The administration of India from 1859-1868: the first ten years of Administration under the Crown, Volume 2'' by Iltudus Thomas Prichard 1869 Google Books*[http://www.archive.org/stream/campaignsonnorth00nevi#page/64/mode/2up "Black Mountain Expedition, 1868"] page 64 ''Campaigns on the North-West Frontier'' by Capt H.L. Nevill DSO 1912 Archive.org
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1859-1878 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/EastbourneSussexRegimentMemorial.html#BlackMountain Sussex Regiment memorial - Black Mountain Expeditions]<br>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_257.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India - Black Mountain]<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/blackmountain1868.htm Black Mountain Expedition 1868]
== Recommended Reading ==Campaigns of the [[Category:North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 <br>Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0Campaigns|Black Mountain Expedition 1868]]
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|partof=[[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908]]
|date=3-22 October 1868
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mountain_of_Hazara Black Mountain Range, NWF]
|casualties2=
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A complete account of the expedition is given in the ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I'' referenced below. Involvement of the 19th Foot can be found in the [[19th_Regiment_of_Foot#1866-71|19th Foot article]]. A list of 19th Foot officers serving in the campaign is also available ([[19th_Regiment_of_Foot#The_Hazara_Roll_-_1868_List_of_Officers|The Hazara Roll]]).
==Field Force==
'''First Brigade'''<br>Brig Gen R.O.Bright<br>1st Battalion [[19th Regiment of Foot]]<br>[[8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|20th Punjab Native Infantry<br>1st Gurkha Regiment]]<br>
'''Second Brigade'''<br>Brig Gen J.L.Vaughan CB<br>1st Battalion [[6th Regiment of Foot]]<br>[[3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Sikh Infantry]]<br>[[2nd Gurkha RegimentRifles]]<br>
'''Divisional Troops & Reserve'''<br>S Battery [[Royal Horse Artillery]]<br>19th [[Royal Artillery]]<br>24th [[Royal Artillery]]<br>[[Hazara Mountain Battery]]<br>[[16th Bengal Cavalry ]] (188 men)<br>[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guides Cavalry ]] (131 men)<br>Detachmant Detachment Telegraph Sappers<br>[[2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Infantry]]<br>[[4th Gurkha RegimentRifles]]<br>[[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Gurkha Regiment]]<br>Levies & Police (518 men)<br> ''At Darband''<br>[[38th Regiment of Foot]]<br>[[9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)|9th Bengal Cavalry]]<br>[[31st Regiment of Punjab Infantry|31st Punjab Native Infantry]]<br>
