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| [[Category:Battles|Samana, Battle of]] | | [[Category:Battles|Samana, Battle of]] |
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| |partof=North West Frontier Punitive Expeditions
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| |date=August-September 1897
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| |location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samana_Range Samana Range, Kohat District, NWF]
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| |presidency=[[Bengal]]
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| |co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.54444,70.939227&z=13&t=h&hl=en 33.54444°N 70.939227°E]
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| |result= Forts relieved
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| |territory=
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| |combatant1=British Army
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| |combatant2=Afridi and Orakzai tribesmen
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| |commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lockhart_(Indian_Army_officer) Lt Gen Sir William Lockhart]<br>Maj Gen Yeatman-Biggs CB
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| |casualties1=
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| == External Links ==
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| [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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirah_Campaign Wikipedia - Tirah Campaign]
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| | | See [[Battle of Samana Ridge]] |
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| == External Links ==
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| [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/samana.htm The British Empire - Samana 1897] | |
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| [[Image:FortGulistan.jpg|thumb|Fort Gulistan location]]
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