Jowaki Expedition
| Jowaki Expedition | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of North West Frontier Campaigns | ||
| 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 |
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| 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."
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)
- 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
- 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)
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