Jowaki Expedition

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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

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

  • 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