Bozdari Expedition

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Bozdari Expedition
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date: 5-21 March 1857
Location: Bozdari Territory, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: approx 30.691806°N 70.517304°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
East India Company Bozdari tribesmen
Commanders
Brig Gen N Chamberlain
Strength
Casualties

Campaign Actions

Battle of Khanbund Defile

Field Force

  • No 1 Punjab Light Field Battery (4 field guns)
  • No 2 Punjab Light Field Battery (4 mountain guns)
  • No 3 Punjab Light Field Battery (4 mountain guns)
  • 2nd & *3rd Punjab Cavalry (113 men)
  • Sapper & Miners (58 men)
  • 1st Sikh Infantry (443 men)
  • 3rd Sikh Infantry (445 men)
  • 1st Punjab Infantry (471 men)
  • 2nd Punjab Infantry (476 men)
  • 4th Punjab Infantry (484 men)



External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions

A Year's Campaigning In India