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== Jowakis ==
== Jowakis ==
"The Jowaki Afridis are a clan of the Adam Khel, who inhabit the country lying between the Kohat Pass and the river Indus.<br>(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."<br>[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Afridi Encyclopedia Britannica 11th Edition 1911]
"The Jowaki Afridis are a clan of the Adam Khel, who inhabit the country lying between the Kohat Pass and the river Indus.<br>(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."<br>[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Afridi Encyclopedia Britannica 11th Edition 1911]
==Punjab Frontier Force==
==Punjab Frontier Force==
 
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FIRST SORTIE 1877<br>
FIRST SORTIE 1877<br>
'''''Col D.Mocatta, 3rd Sikh Infantry'''''<br>
'''''Col D.Mocatta, 3rd Sikh Infantry'''''<br>
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*[[5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Punjab Infantry]] (250 men)
*[[5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Punjab Infantry]] (250 men)
*[[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Gurkha Regiment]] (280 men)
*[[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Gurkha Regiment]] (280 men)
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== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/121/mode/1up John Doran (1824-1903)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/235/mode/1up Charles Patton Keyes (1823-96)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/363/mode/1up Campbell Claye Grant Ross (1844-92)]<br>


== 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 North West Frontier Military History] Wikipedia - <br>
[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions] www.antiquesatoz.com


[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Jowaki Expedition 1877-78]]
[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Jowaki Expedition 1877-78]]

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Jowaki Expedition
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
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
1500
Casualties

The Jowaki Expedition of 1877-78.

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

Southern Column

Eastern Column

SECOND SORTIE 1877-78

Kohat Column
Brig Gen C.P.Keyes CB

Peshawar Column
Brig Gen C.C.G.Ross CB
First Brigade
Col J.Doran CB

Second Brigade
Col H.J.Buchanan

JOINED AT PAIAH
Col P.F.Gardiner, 5th Gurkhas

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:
John Doran (1824-1903)
Charles Patton Keyes (1823-96)
Campbell Claye Grant Ross (1844-92)

External Links

North West Frontier Military History Wikipedia -
NWF Expeditions www.antiquesatoz.com