Buner Field Expedition
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| Buner Field Expedition | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns | ||
| Date: | 2-19 January 1898 | |
| Location: | Buner, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 34.622739°N 72.671880°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Bunerwals | |
| Commanders | ||
| Brig Gen Sir Bindon Blood | ||
| Strength | ||
| 8,800 troops | ||
| Casualties | ||
| 0 killed 1 wounded |
||
The Buner Field Expedition of 1898.
Buner Field Force
First Brigade
Brig Gen W.H.Meiklejohn CB CMG
Second Brigade
Brig Gen P.D.Jeffreys CB
Divisional Troops
- 10th Bengal Lancers (1 Squadron)
- 10th Field Battery Royal Artillery
- No7 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
- No 8 Bengal Mountain Battery
- No 4 Coy Bengal Sappers & Miners
- No 5 Coy Madras Sappers & Miners
- 2nd Batt Highland Light Infantry
- 3rd Bombay Light Infantry
- 2.5 British Field Hospitals
- 4 Native Field Hospitals
External Links
North West Frontier Military History Wikipedia
NWF Expeditions
New York Times article www.antiquesatoz.com
Historical Books on-line
- Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol I - Buner Field Expedition archive.org
- A frontier campaign: a narrative of the operations of the Malakand and Buner field forces, 1897-1898 by the Viscount Fincastle and P. C. Eliott-Lockhart 2nd edition 1898 Archive.org
