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Marri Expedition
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Marri Expedition | ||
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Part of North West Frontier Campaigns | ||
Date: | 17 October-6 November 1880 | |
Location: | Kohlu District, Baluchistan | |
Presidency: | Bengal | |
Co-ordinates: | 29.300004°N 68.901592°E | |
Result: | Submission of tribe | |
Combatants | ||
British & Indians | Marri tribes | |
Commanders | ||
Brig Gen C.M.MacGregor | ||
Strength | ||
Casualties | ||
The Marri Expedition of 1880
Also known as the Expedition against the Murrees
Marri Field Force
- 9th Royal Artillery
- 2nd Batt 60th Rifles
- 3rd Punjab Cavalry
- 2nd Sikh Infantry
- 4th Gurkha Regiment
- 5th Gurkha Regiment
Historical books online
- "Expedition against the Marris in 1880" page 141 Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: Volume III Baluchistan and the First Afghan War. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Army Headquarters India. 1910 Archive.org
- “Side issues of the Second Afghan War: The Marris, 1880” page 89 Campaigns on the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill, Royal Field Artillery. 1912 Archive.org