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[[Category:Battles|Wana, Battle of]]
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|partof=Miranzai Expeditions[[Mahsud Expedition 1894-95]]|date=January-April 18913 November 1894|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranzai_Valley Miranzai ValleyWana_(Pakistan) Wana], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Waziristan South Waziristan], NWF]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=3332.530463297925,7169.04209575655&z=13&t=h&hl=en 3332.530463°N 71297925°N 69.04209°E575655°E] |result= Attack repulsed/caused Mahsud Expedition 1894-95
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orakzai Orakzai Mahsud Mahsud Waziri tribesmen]|commander1=Brig-Gen A.H.Turner|commander2=[http://wwwbooks.oxforddnbgoogle.comco.uk/index/101016910/ Maj Gen Sir William Lockhartbooks?id=j8huKCB2AiEC&pg=PA109&dq=Wana+1894&as_brr=3&ei=JXhkScnID4HCzgTAutDQDg Mullah Powindah] |commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2= 2,000 |casualties1= 21 killed<br>34 wounded |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 ==
[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]
