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Miranzai Valley Expedition 1856

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[[Category:Punitive Expeditions|Miranzai Valley Expedition 1856]]
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|partof=[[:Category:Punitive ExpeditionsNorth West Frontier Campaigns |Punitive ExpeditionsNorth West Frontier Campaigns ]]
|date=21 October-End December 1856
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranzai_Valley Miranzai Valley, NWF]
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101032352/ Brig Gen Neville Chamberlain]
|commander2=
|strength1=4,876
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|casualties1=
== Field Force ==
No1 *[[Kohat Mountain Battery|No 1 Punjab Light Field Battery ]] (3 guns)<br>No3 *No 3 Punjab Light Field Battery (6 guns)<br>*[[4th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Punjab Cavalry<br>]]*Detachment of [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers & Miners<br>]]*Four Companies of [[1st Gurkha Rifles|66th Gurkhas<br>]]*[[1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Infantry<br>3rdt ]]*[[3rd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Punjab Infantry]]*[[6th Regiment of Infantry<br>, Punjab Frontier Force|Scinde Rifle Corps ]]
== Reinforcements ==
*Detachment [[Peshawar Mountain Battery|Peshawar Mountain Train Battery<br>]]*Detachment [[1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Punjab Cavalry<br>]]*Four Companies of [[1st Gurkha Rifles|66th Gurkha Regt<br>Gurkhas]]*[[2nd Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Infantry<br>]]*[[5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Punjab Infantry<br>]]*Khotah Levies
== External Links ==
== Recommended Reading ==
Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916 <br>Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005 <br>ISBN 1-845741-87-0
 
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