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| − | [http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/224/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Persian War 1856-57] archive.org | + | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/224/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Persian War 1856-57] archive.org |
| + | *[http://archive.org/stream/orientalcampaign00maudiala#page/134/mode/2up "The Persian Campaign"], page 135 ''Oriental campaigns and European furloughs: the autobiography of a veteran of the Indian Mutiny'' by Colonel E. Maude 1908 Archive.org | ||
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[[Category:Persian War| Persian War]] | [[Category:Persian War| Persian War]] | ||
[[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Persian War]] | [[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Persian War]] | ||
Revision as of 14:03, 8 June 2012
Summary
| Persian War | |
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| 1856-57 | |
| Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns | |
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| Location: Persia | |
| Combatants: | |
| East India Company | Persia |
| Result: British victory | |
| Medals: India General Service Medal 1854 Clasp: Persia | |
| Links: | |
| Category: Persian War | |
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See our interactive map of Persian War locations and routes on Google Maps | |
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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 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
Maj-Gen Foster Stalker CB
Artillery under Brig H W Trevelyan
- 3rd Troop Horse Artillery
- 1st Company 1st Battalion European Foot Artillery
- 4th Company 1st Battalion European Foot Artillery
- Reserve European Foot Artillery
Cavalry Brigade under Brig T Tapp
- Two squadrons 3rd Regiment Light Cavalry (243 troopers) under Capt Forbes
- Two troops of Poona Irregular Horse (176 troopers)
1st Infantry Brigade under Brig J Stopford CB
- HM 64th Regiment of Foot under Maj Sterling
- 20th Native Infantry under Capt Macleod
2nd Infantry Brigade under Brig R W Honner
- 2nd Bombay European Light Infantry under Lt-Col Ramsay
- 4th Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps) under Maj Manson
- 2nd Belooch Battalion under Capt Hough
Engineer Department under Brevet Maj J Hill
- Two Companies of Sappers & Miners under Capt Dickinson
Total 4234
Second Division
Brig-Gen Havelock CB
First Brigade under Brig Hamilton
Second Brigade under Brig Hale
- 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
Persian War 1856-57 Wikipedia
Outram & Havelock's Persian Campaign Google Books
Persian War- Blackwoods Magazine Google Books
Outram's Despatches Google Books
Maj-Gen Stalker's Suicide Google Books
Stalker's Obituary Google Books
Historical Books on-line
- Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Persian War 1856-57 archive.org
- "The Persian Campaign", page 135 Oriental campaigns and European furloughs: the autobiography of a veteran of the Indian Mutiny by Colonel E. Maude 1908 Archive.org
