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{{Battlemap|war=Persian War |link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=101241150585833319689.00046f25008bc999cbc54&ll=29.964453,50.811768&spn=14.972912,10.678711&t=p&z=6}} == Summary ==Persia's expansion on its eastern frontier culminated in the occupation of Herat in [[Afghanistan]] on 25 October 1856. Britain responded by declaring war on 1 November. The British under Commodore Young occupied Kharg Island and an advance division under Maj-Gen Stalker took Bushire in December. Reinforcements under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Outram_(British_officer) Sir James Outram] arrived from [[Bombay]] in January 1857. After a series of British victories the Treaty of Paris was signed on 4 March 1857 and the Persians withdrew from Herat. == Expeditionary Force =='''First Division'''<br>''Maj-Gen Stalker CB''<br> ''Artillery under Brig H W Trevelyan''*3rd Troop For details see main article [[Bombay Horse Artillery|Horse ArtilleryPersian War]]*1st Company 1st Battalion [[Bombay European Foot Artillery|European Foot Artillery]]*4th Company 1st Battalion [[Bombay European Foot Artillery|European Foot Artillery]]*Reserve [[Bombay European Foot Artillery|European Foot Artillery]]<br> ''Cavalry Brigade under Brig T Tapp''<br>*Two squadrons [[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|3rd Regiment Light Cavalry]] (243 troopers) under Capt Forbes*Two troops of [[Poona Horse|Poona Irregular Horse]] (176 troopers)<br>''1st Infantry Brigade under Brig J Stopford CB''<br>*HM [[64th Regiment of Foot]] under Maj Sterling *[[20th Regiment of Bombay Infantry|20th Native Infantry]] under Capt Macleod<br> ''2nd Infantry Brigade under Brig R W Honner''<br>*[[2nd Bombay (European) Fusiliers|2nd Bombay European Light Infantry]] under Lt-Col Ramsay*[[4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps)|4th Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps)]] under Maj Manson*[[26th (Baluchistan) Regiment of Bombay Infantry|2nd Belooch Battalion]] under Capt Hough<br> ''Engineer Department under Brevet Maj J Hill''<br>*Two Companies of [[Bombay Sappers and Miners|Sappers & Miners]] under Capt Dickinson<br>Total 4234 '''Second Division'''<br>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Havelock Brig-Gen Havelock CB]''<br> ''First Brigade under Brig Hamilton''<br>*[[78th Regiment of Foot|78th HighLanders]]*[[26th (Baluchistan) Regiment of Bombay Infantry|26th Native Infantry]] ''Second Brigade under Brig Hale''*[[23rd Bombay Rifles|23rd Native Light Infantry]]*[[14th Light Dragoons]]*No 3 Light Field Battery (6 guns) under Capt Hatch*No 5 Light Field Battery (6 guns) under Capt Gibbard*4th troop of Horse Artillery (6 guns) under Maj Blake == External Links ==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Persian_War Persian War 1856-57] Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BnwcAAAAMAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0 Outram & Havelock's Persian Campaign] Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_gkHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA343&dq=Persian+War+1856&as_brr=3&ei=todlSr_gEozcygTZuazVAw Persian War- Blackwoods Magazine] Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DopJAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Lieut.-General+Sir+James+Outram%27s+Persian+campaign+in+1857&ei=CIllSsP6JJa4yQTv8KnPAw Outram's Despatches] Google Books [[Category:Wars and Campaigns|Persian War 1856-57]][[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Persian War]]