During the next few years the behaviour of the Bunerwals may, in comparison with that of many other frontier tribes, be described as “good.” Raids were committed upon our border villages in 1868 and 1877, and in 1878 and 1879 there was a certain amount of unrest in Buner, due to the inflammatory preachings of certain mullahs. In 1884 renewed outrages had to be punished by a blockade of the Salarzai Bunerwals; and in 1887 a small column composed of cavalry and infantry was sent to destroy the village of Surai Malandri in punishment for the incursions of raiding parties across the Malandri Pass, but at the end of the year, the Bunerwals submitting, the long-continued blockade was removed. During the Black Mountain expedition of 1888 the Bunerwals evinced a disposition to take part against us, but refrained from doing so; while in 1895 they sent a contingent to help hold the passes against General Low’s force, but arriving too late for the Malakand fighting, this party returned home again. In 1897, however, the Bunerwals were well to the fore in much of the fighting at the Malakand and in Upper Swat, but when called to account at the end of 1897 they merely sent defiant answers to the ultimatum of the political officers, and it therefore became necessary to despatch an expedition into their country. _Expedition against the Bunerwals and Chamlawals, January 1898._—The Buner Field Force was placed under the command of Major-General Sir Bindon Blood, and the greater part of it concentrated at Sanghao: it was composed as under: FIRST BRIGADE. Brigadier-General Meiklejohn, C.B., C.M.G. 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment. 16th Bengal Infantry.[51] 20th Punjab Infantry. 31st Punjab Infantry. SECOND BRIGADE. Brigadier-General Jeffreys, C.B. 1st Battalion The Buffs. 21st Punjab Infantry.[52] Guides Infantry. DIVISIONAL TROOPS. 10th Field Battery R.A. No. 7 Mountain Battery R.A. No. 8 Bengal Mountain Battery R.A.[53] 1 Squadron 10th Bengal Lancers.[54] Guides Cavalry. 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry. 6 Companies 3rd Bombay Light Infantry.[55] No. 4 Company Bengal Sappers and Miners. No. 5 Company Madras Sappers and Miners. [Sidenote: Buner Expedition of 1898]