Zaimukht Expedition
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| Zaimukht Expedition | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns | ||
| Date: | December 1878 | |
| Location: | Kohat Border, NWF | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | approx 33.564085°N 70.502222°E | |
| Result: | Submission of tribes | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & Indians | Zaimukht Pashtun tribesmen | |
| Commanders | ||
| Brig Gen J.A.Tytler VC CB | ||
| Strength | ||
| about 3,065 | ||
| Casualties | ||
| 4 officers & men | ||
The Zaimukht Expedition of 1878.
Field Force
- I-8th Royal Artillery (4 guns)
- No 1 Kohat Mountain Battery (2 guns)
- 2nd Batt 8th Regiment of Foot (41 men)
- 85th Regiment of Foot (733 men)
- 1st Bengal Cavalry (57 men)
- 13th Bengal Lancers (155 men)
- 18th Bengal Cavalry (55 men)
- 8th Company Sappers & Miners (57 men)
- 13th Native Infantry (323 men)
- 4th Punjab Infantry (557 men)
- 20th Punjab Infantry (399 men)
- 29th Punjab Infantry (568 men)
External Links
- North West Frontier Military History Wikipedia
- NWF Expeditions www.antiquesatoz.com
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