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[[Category:Battles|Wana, Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Wana, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=Miranzai Expeditions
|partof=[[Mahsud Expedition 1894-95]]
|date=January-April 1891
|date=3 November 1894
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranzai_Valley Miranzai Valley, NWF]
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wana_(Pakistan) Wana], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Waziristan South Waziristan], NWF
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.530463,71.04209&z=13&t=h&hl=en 33.530463°N 71.04209°E]   
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=32.297925,69.575655&z=13&t=h&hl=en 32.297925°N 69.575655°E]   
|result=  
|result= Attack repulsed/caused Mahsud Expedition 1894-95
|territory=
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians  
|combatant1=British & Indians  
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orakzai Orakzai tribesmen]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahsud Mahsud Waziri tribesmen]
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101016910/ Maj Gen Sir William Lockhart]  
|commander1=Brig-Gen A.H.Turner
|commander2=
|commander2= [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=j8huKCB2AiEC&pg=PA109&dq=Wana+1894&as_brr=3&ei=JXhkScnID4HCzgTAutDQDg Mullah Powindah]
|strength1=  
|strength1=  
|strength2=  
|strength2=2,000
|casualties1=  
|casualties1=21 killed<br>34 wounded
|casualties2=  
|casualties2= about 150 killed
}}
}}
== Frontier Delimitation Commission Escort ==
One Squadron 1st Punjab Cavalry<br>3rd (Peshawar) Mountain Battery<br>One Company Bengal Sappers &  Miners<br>3rd Sikhs<br>20th  Punjab Infantry<br>1st Batt 1st Gurkhas
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]<br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Mi1cxrIbbwwC&pg=PA156&dq=Wana+1894&as_brr=3&ei=K3dkSfvjJp2EzgSKw_n3Bg#PPA157,M1 Google Books - Attack on Wana]

Revision as of 09:55, 7 January 2009

Battle of Wana
Part of Mahsud Expedition 1894-95
Date: 3 November 1894
Location: Wana, South Waziristan, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 32.297925°N 69.575655°E
Result: Attack repulsed/caused Mahsud Expedition 1894-95
Combatants
British & Indians Mahsud Waziri tribesmen
Commanders
Brig-Gen A.H.Turner Mullah Powindah
Strength
2,000
Casualties
21 killed
34 wounded
about 150 killed

Frontier Delimitation Commission Escort

One Squadron 1st Punjab Cavalry
3rd (Peshawar) Mountain Battery
One Company Bengal Sappers & Miners
3rd Sikhs
20th Punjab Infantry
1st Batt 1st Gurkhas

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Google Books - Attack on Wana