Draft:Battle of Wana Camp

Battle of Wana Camp
Part of Waziristan campaign 1894
Date3 November 1894
Location
Result British Victory
Belligerents

United Kingdom British Empire

Mahsud tribesmen
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom Brig. Gen. Turner
United Kingdom Lt. Col. William Meiklejohn
United KingdomLt. Percy Macaulay 
Mullah Powinda
Units involved
20th Punjab Infantry
1st Gurkhas
3rd Sikh Regiment
1st Punjab Cavalry
tribesmen
Strength
2,500 2,000 tribesmen
Casualties and losses
23 killed, 43 wounded 150 killed[1]

The Battle of Wana Camp was a battle on 3 November 1894 between rebel Mahsud tribesmen and a British colonial frontier force stationed in Wana, on the northwestern frontier of the British Raj. The battle began a campaign of offensive actions by British forces in Waziristan to reduce the strength of Mahsud tribes within the area.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Waziristan, 1894". BritishBattles.com.
  2. ^ "Waziristan Campaign 1894". BritishBattles.com.
  3. ^ "Attack on Wana, Waziristan,1894". www.britainssmallwars.co.uk.