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Jowaki Expedition
Part of Punitive Expeditions
Date: 30 August 1877-30 January 1878
Location: Kohat pass, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 33.632151°N 71.703288°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
Punjab Frontier Force Jowaki Afridi tribesmen
Commanders
Brig Gen C.P.Keyes
Brig Gen Ross
Strength
Casualties

Jowakis

"The Jowaki Afridis are a clan of the Adam Khel, who inhabit the country lying between the Kohat Pass and the river Indus.
(4) Expedition against the Jowaki Afridis under Colonel Mocatta in 1877. In that year the government proposed to reduce the Jowaki allowance for guarding the Kohat Pass, and the tribesmen resented this by cutting the telegraph wire and raiding into British territory. A force of 1500 troops penetrated their country in three columns, and did considerable damage by way of punishment."
Encyclopedia Britannica 11th Edition 1911

Punjab Frontier Force

FIRST SORTIE 1877
Col D.Mocatta, 3rd Sikh Infantry
Western Column
No1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
2nd Punjab Cavalry (45 men)
1st Sikh Infantry (103 men)
3rd Sikh Infantry (278 men)
4th Sikh Infantry (245 men)

Southern Column
2nd Punjab Cavalry (104 men)
1st Sikh Infantry (220 men)t
6th Punjab Infantry (297 men)

Eastern Column
Guides Infantry (201 men)

SECOND SORTIE 1877-78

Kohat Column
Brig Gen C.P.Keyes CB
No1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
No 4 Hazara Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
2nd Punjab Cavalry (50 men)
Corps of Guides (380 men)
1st Sikh Infantry (225 men)
3rd Sikh Infantry (225 men)
4th Punjab Infantry (350 men)
6th Punjab Infantry (300 men)

Peshawar Column
Brig Gen C.C.G.Ross CB
First Brigade
Col J.Doran CB
I-C Royal Horse Artillery (3 guns)
51st Foot
Two Companies Sappers & Miners
22nd Punjab Native Infantry
27th Punjab Native Infantry
Second Brigade
Col H.J.Buchanan
I-C Royal Horse Artillery (3 guns)
13-9th Royal Artillery
9th Foot
4th Batt Rifle Brigade
14th Native Infantry
20th Punjab Native Infantry

JOINED AT PAIAH
Col P.F.Gardiner, 5th Gurkhas
No 1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery (2 guns)
5th Punjab Infantry (250 men)
5th Gurkha Regiment (280 men)

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions