Orakzai Expedition
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Orakzai Expedition | ||
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Part of North West Frontier Campaigns | ||
Date: | 25 August-7 October 1855 | |
Location: | Orakzai Agency, NWF | |
Presidency: | Bengal | |
Co-ordinates: | approx 33.61429°N 70.88409°E | |
Result: | Submission of tribes | |
Combatants | ||
British & Indians | Rabia Khel Orakzai tribesmen | |
Commanders | ||
Brig Gen Neville Chamberlain | ||
Strength | ||
Casualties | ||
The Orakzai Expedition of 1855.
Field Force
Peshawar Mountain Train Battery (4 guns)
- No 3 Punjab Field Battery (5 guns)
- 4th Punjab Cavalry
- 1st Punjab Infantry
- 2nd Punjab Infantry
- 3rd Punjab Infantry
- A number of Tribal Levies
External Links
Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Orakzai tribesmen
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