Battle of Ferozeshah

Battle of Ferozeshah
Part of 1st Sikh War
Date:	21 December 1845
Location:	Ferozeshah, Punjab
Presidency:	Bengal
Co-ordinates:	30.883319°N 74.783358°E
Result:	British victory
Combatants
East India Company	Sikhs
Commanders
Maj Gen Sir Hugh Gough	Lal Singh
Strength
18,000 men 65 guns	30,000 men 150 guns
Casualties
700 dead 1,700 wounded	about 3,000

The Army of the Sutlej

Order of Battle at Ferozeshah
Commander in Chief: Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Gough
Second in Command: Maj-Gen Sir Henry Hardinge, Governor General of Bengal

Cavalry Division

• 1st Brigade: Brigadier White

• HM 3rd King’s Own Light Dragoons
• 4th Bengal Light Cavalry
• 9th Bengal Irregular Horse

• 2nd Brigade: Brigadier Gough

• 4th Bengal Light Cavalry
• The Governor General's Bodyguard
  

1st Infantry Division
Maj-Gen Sir Harry Smith

• 1st Brigade: Brigadier Hicks

• HM 31st Foot
• 24th Bengal Native Infantry
• 47th Bengal Native Infantry
  

2nd Infantry Division
Major General Sir Walter Gilbert

• 3rd Brigade: Brigadier Taylor

• HM 50th Foot
• HM 80th Foot
• 41st Bengal Native Infantry
  

• 4th Brigade: Brigadier McClaren

• 1st Bengal European Infantry
• 16th Bengal Native Infantry
• 45th Bengal Native Infantry
  

3rd Infantry Division
Brigadier General Wallace

• HM 9th Foot
• 73rd Bengal Native Infantry
  

4th Infantry Division
Major-General Sir John Littler

• 7th Brigade: Brigadier Reid

• HM 62nd Foot
• 12th Bengal Native Infantry
• 14th Bengal Native Infantry

• 8th Brigade: Brigadier Ashburnham

• 33rd Bengal Native Infantry
• 44th Bengal Native Infantry
• 54th Bengal Native Infantry

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Ferozeshah
Variants: Ferozeshah/Firoz Shaw/Ferozeshahr

External Links

1st Sikh War "Wikipedia"
Sikh Wars "Heritage History"
1st Anglo-Sikh War "Sikhiwiki"
Battle of Ferozeshah "BritishBattles.com"
Battle of Ferozeshah "Wikipedia"
Officers killed in the battle "Stephen Lewis Website"