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Miranzai Valley Expedition January 1891
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Miranzai Valley Expedition January 1891 | ||
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Part of North West Frontier Campaigns | ||
Date: | 29 January-End of February 1891 | |
Location: | Miranzai Valley, NWF | |
Presidency: | Bengal | |
Co-ordinates: | 33.670634°N 71.201565°E | |
Result: | Submission of tribes | |
Combatants | ||
British & Indians | Orakzai tribesmen | |
Commanders | ||
Maj Gen Sir William Lockhart | ||
Strength | ||
Casualties | ||
Miranzai Field Force
First Column
Col A.McC.Bruce
- Three Troops 5th Punjab Cavalry
- No 4 Hazara Mountain Battery
- Half Company Bengal Sappers & Miners
- 1st Punjab Infantry
- 4th Punjab Infantry
- 23rd Bengal Infantry Pioneers
- 29th Bengal Infantry
Second Column
Lieut Col A.H.Turner
- No 3 Peshawar Mountain Battery
- Half Company Bengal Sappers & Miners
- 2nd Punjab Infantry
- 5th Punjab Infantry
Third Column
Lieut Col C.C.Brownlow
- 3rd Sikh Infantry
- Four Companies 23rd Bengal Infantry Pioneers
British Library holdings
- Operations against the Orakzai tribe on the Miranzai frontier under the command of Brigadier-General Sir W.S.A. Lockhart, K.C.B., C.S.I., in 1891 compiled from official sources (under the orders of the Quarter-Master General in India) by A.H. Mason. 1891
External Links
Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Recommended Reading
Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916
Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005
ISBN 1-845741-87-0