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|result= Submission of tribes
|territory=
|combatant1=Punjab Frontire Frontier Force
|combatant2=Jowaki Afridi tribesmen
|commander1=Brig Gen C.P.Keyes<br>Brig Gen Ross
}}
== 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==
FIRST SORTIE 1877<br>
'''''Col D.Mocatta, 3rd Sikh Infantry'''''<br>
'''Western Column'''<br>No1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>2nd Punjab Cavalry (45 men)<br>1st Sikh Infantry (103 men)<br>3rd Sikh Infantry (278 men)<br>4th Sikh Infantry (245 men)<br>
'''Southern Column'''<br>2nd Punjab Cavalry (104 men)<br>1st Sikh Infantry (220 men)t<br>6th Punjab Infantry (297 men)<br>
'''Eastern Column'''<br>Guides Infantry (201 men)<br>
SECOND SORTIE 1877-78
'''Kohat Column'''<br>''Brig Gen C.P.Keyes CB''<br>No1 Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>No 4 Hazara Mountain Battery Royal Artillery<br>2nd Punjab Cavalry (50 men)<br>Corps of Guides (380 men)<br>1st Sikh Infantry (225 men)<br>3rd Sikh Infantry (225 men)<br>4th Punjab Infantry (350 men)<br>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 Foot<br>Two Companies Sappers & Miners<br>22nd Punjab Native Infantry<br>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 Foot<br>4th Batt Rifle Brigade<br>14th Native Infantry<br>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 Punjab Infantry (250 men)<br>5th Gurkha Regiment (280 men)
== 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]
