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[[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|Jowaki Expedition 1877-78]]
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|partof=[[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908]]
|date=30 August 1877-30 January 1878
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohat_Pass Kohat passPass], NWF |presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.63215,71.703293&z=11&t=h&hl=en 33.632151°N 71.703288°E]
|result= Submission of tribes
|territory=
|combatant1=[[Punjab Frontier Force]]
|combatant2=Jowaki Afridi tribesmen
|commander1=Brig Gen C.P.Keyes<br>Brig Gen Ross
|commander2=
|strength1= 1500
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
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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.<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==
<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
FIRST SORTIE 1877<br>
'''''Col D.Mocatta, 3rd Sikh Infantry'''''<br>
'''Western Column'''<br>*No1 Mountain Battery [[Royal Artillery<br>]]*[[2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Cavalry ]] (45 men)<br>*[[1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Sikh Infantry ]] (103 men)<br>*[[3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry , Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Sikh Infantry]] (278 men)<br>*[[4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Sikh Infantry ]] (245 men)<br>
'''Southern Column'''<br>*[[2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Cavalry ]] (104 men)<br>*[[1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Sikh Infantry ]] (220 men)t<br>*[[6th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|6th Punjab Infantry ]] (297 men)<br>
'''Eastern Column'''<br>*[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Guides Infantry ]] (201 men)<br>
SECOND SORTIE 1877-78
'''Kohat Column'''<br>''Brig Gen C.P.Keyes CB''
*No1 Mountain Battery [[Royal Artillery]]*[[Hazara Mountain Battery|No 4 Hazara Mountain Battery Royal Artillery]]
*[[2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Cavalry]] (50 men)
*[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force|Corps of Guides]] (380 men)
*[[1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Sikh Infantry]] (225 men)
*[[3rd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Sikh Infantry]] (225 men)
*[[4th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Punjab Infantry ]] (350 men)*[[6th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|6th Punjab Infantry ]] (300 men)<br>
'''Peshawar Column'''<br>''Brig Gen C.C.G.Ross CB''<br>
'''First Brigade'''<br>''Col J.Doran CB''<br>*I-C [[Royal Horse Artillery ]] (3 guns)<br>*[[51st Regiment of Foot|51st Foot<br>]]*Two Companies [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers & Miners<br>]]*[[22nd Regiment of Punjab Infantry|22nd Punjab Native Infantry<br>]]*[[27th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|27th Punjab Native Infantry]]<br> '''Second Brigade'''<br>''Col H.J.Buchanan''<br>*I-C [[Royal Horse Artillery ]] (3 guns)<br>*13-9th [[Royal Artillery<br>]]*[[9th Regiment of Foot|9th Foot<br>]]*4th Batt [[The Rifle Brigade|Rifle Brigade<br>]]*[[14th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|14th Native Infantry<br>]]*[[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Punjab Native Infantry]]<br>
JOINED AT PAIAH<br>
''Col P.F.Gardiner, 5th Gurkhas''<br>*No 1 Mountain Battery [[Royal Artillery ]] (2 guns)<br>*[[5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Punjab Infantry ]] (250 men)<br>*[[5th Gurkha Rifles, Punjab Frontier Force|5th Gurkha Regiment ]] (280 men)</div> == 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 ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)#1878-1898 Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History]Wikipedia - <br>[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/nwfrontc.htm NWF Expeditions] www.antiquesatoz.com [[Category:North West Frontier Campaigns|Jowaki Expedition 1877-78]]
