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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Sikh War|1st Sikh War]]
|date=21 December 1845
|location=Ferozeshah, Punjab
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=30.883319,74.783358&z=13&t=h&hl=en 30.883319°N 74.783358°E]
|result= British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Empire Sikh Empire]
|commander1=[[Hugh Gough|Maj Gen Sir Hugh Gough]]
|commander2=[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Lal_Singh Lal Singh]
|strength1=18,000 men<br>65 guns
|strength2= 30,000 men<br>150 guns
|casualties1=700 dead<br>1,700 wounded
|casualties2= about 3,000
}}
== The Army of the Sutlej ==
'''Order of Battle at Ferozeshah'''<br>
''Commander in Chief: [[Hugh Gough|Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Gough]]<br>
''Second in Command: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hardinge,_1st_Viscount_Hardinge Maj-Gen Sir Henry Hardinge], Governor General of Bengal''<br>
<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
'''Cavalry Division'''<br>
*1st Brigade: Brigadier White
:*[[3rd The King's Own Hussars|HM 3rd King’s Own Light Dragoons]]
:*[[4th Bengal Light Cavalry|4th Bengal Light Cavalry]]
:*[[9th Irregular Cavalry|9th Bengal Irregular Horse]]
*2nd Brigade: Brigadier Gough
:*[[4th Bengal Light Cavalry]]
:*The [[Governor General's Bodyguard]]<br>
'''1st Infantry Division'''<br>
''Maj-Gen Sir Harry Smith''<br>
*1st Brigade: Brigadier Hicks
:*[[31st Regiment of Foot|HM 31st Foot]]
:*[[24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|24th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry|47th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>
'''2nd Infantry Division'''<br>
''Major General Sir Walter Gilbert''<br>
*3rd Brigade: Brigadier Taylor
:*[[50th Regiment of Foot|HM 50th Foot]]
:*[[80th Regiment of Foot|HM 80th Foot]]
:*[[41st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|41st Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>
*4th Brigade: Brigadier McClaren
:*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|1st Bengal European Infantry]]
:*[[16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|16th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[45th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|45th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>
'''3rd Infantry Division'''<br>
''Brigadier General Wallace''<br>
:*[[9th Regiment of Foot|HM 9th Foot]]
:*[[73rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|73rd Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>
'''4th Infantry Division'''<br>
''Major-General Sir John Littler''
*7th Brigade: Brigadier Reid
:*[[62nd Regiment of Foot|HM 62nd Foot]]
:*[[12th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|12th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[14th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|14th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*8th Brigade: Brigadier Ashburnham
:*[[33rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|33rd Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[44th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|44th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[54th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|54th Bengal Native Infantry]]
</div>
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Ferozeshah<br>
Variants: Ferozeshah/Firoz Shaw/Ferozeshahr<br>
== External links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ferozeshah Battle of Ferozeshah] Wikipedia<br />
[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-sikh-war/ferozeshah.htm Battle of Ferozeshah] www.britishbattles.com<br />
[http://glosters.tripod.com/Feroz.htm Officer who died] Stephen Lewis website<br />
==== Historical books on-line ====
''The War in India, Despatches of Hardinge Gough and Smith'' 1846 [http://www.archive.org/stream/warinindiadespa00smitgoog#page/n62/mode/1up Gough's despatch] archive.org<br />
''The War in India, Despatches of Hardinge Gough and Smith'' 1846 [http://www.archive.org/stream/warinindiadespa00smitgoog#page/n69/mode/1up List of killed and wounded at Ferozeshah] archive.org<br />
[[Category:Battles|Ferozeshah, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Sikh War|Ferozeshah, Battle of]]
