_Second Expedition against the Zakha Khels of the Bazar Valley, January 1879._—After the expedition of December 1878, the Khyber Pass Afridis continuing to give trouble, every effort was made to break up the tribal combination, and the Kuki Khels and Kambar Khels came in and tendered their submission. The attitude of the Zakha Khels was, however, so unsatisfactory that the political officer, Major Cavagnari, recommended a temporary occupation of the Bazar Valley, coupled with visits to all the recusant villages in that and the Bara Valley. In consequence, Lieutenant-General Maude, commanding the 2nd Division, Peshawar Valley Field Force, applied on the 16th January for sanction for the proposed operations, in concert with a force furnished from the 1st Division. Sanction was accorded by the Commander-in-Chief, but a time-limit of ten days was laid down within which the operations were to be concluded. The following troops were placed at the disposal of Lieutenant-General Maude: JAMRUD COLUMN. 2 guns, D/A Royal Horse Artillery. 2 guns, 11/9th Royal Field Artillery. 315 bayonets, 5th Fusiliers. 316 bayonets, 25th Foot. 145 sabres, 13th Bengal Lancers. 55 bayonets, Madras Sappers and Miners. 356 bayonets, 24th Punjab Native Infantry. BASAWAL COLUMN. 2 guns, 11/9th Royal Artillery. 361 bayonets, 1/17th Foot. 210 bayonets, 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade. 32 sabres, Guides Cavalry. 43 bayonets, Bengal Sappers and Miners. 201 bayonets, 4th Gurkhas. ALI MUSJID COLUMN. 2 guns, 11/9th Royal Artillery. 213 bayonets, 51st Foot. 31 bayonets, Madras Sappers and Miners. 312 bayonets, 2nd Gurkhas. 320 bayonets, Mhairwara Battalion. 311 bayonets, 6th Native Infantry.[115] DAKKA COLUMN. 52 bayonets, 1/17th Foot. 104 bayonets, 27th Punjab Native Infantry. 257 bayonets, 45th Sikhs. [Sidenote: The different Columns] Leaving Jamrud on the 24th January, the Jamrud Column marched by way of the Khyber Stream and the Chora Pass to Berar Kats, arriving there late on the following afternoon. There was some firing at the baggage escort _en route_ and at the camp after dark, but it soon ceased. The Ali Musjid Column started on the 25th, and, moving by Alachi, reached Karamna the same afternoon, being there joined by the 6th Native Infantry, which had marched thither from Lundi Kotal by way of the Bori Pass, the southern foot of which is in the north-west corner of the Karamna Valley. On this day the towers of the Karamna villages were destroyed, as were those of Barg, to which place the column marched on the 27th.