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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Empire Sikh SikhsEmpire] |commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101011135/ [Hugh Gough|Maj -Gen Sir Hugh Gough]]
|commander2=Tej Singh<br>[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Lal_Singh Lal Singh]
|strength1=20,000 troops<br>75 guns|strength2= 30,000 troops>br>70 guns|casualties1= 230 killed<br>2,063 wounded |casualties2= about 10,000
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[[Image:Sabraonmap.jpg|thumb|Sabraon Location<br>Survey 1920-1946]]
== The Army of the Sutlej ==
'''Order of Battle at Sobraon'''<br>
''Commanding 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>
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'''Cavalry Division'''<br>
''Major General Sir Joseph Thackwell''<br>
*1st Brigade: Colonel Scott
:*[[3rd The King's Own Hussars|HM 3rd King’s Own Light Dragoons]]
:*[[4th Bengal Light Cavalry]]
:*[[5th Bengal Light Cavalry]]
:*[[9th Irregular Cavalry|9th Bengal Irregular Horse]]
*2nd Brigade: Colonel Campbell
:*[[9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers|HM 9th Lancers]]
:*[[2nd Bengal Lancers (Gardner's Horse)|2nd Bengal Irregular Cavalry]]
*3rd Brigade:
:*The [[Governor General's Bodyguard]]
*4th Brigade: [[Charles Robert Cureton|Brigadier Charles Cureton]]
:*[[16th Lancers|HM 16th Queen’s Lancers]]
:* [[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry|3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]]<br>
'''1st Infantry Division'''<br>
''Maj-Gen Sir Harry Smith''<br>
*1st Brigade: Brigadier Hicks
:*[[31st Regiment of Foot|HM 31st Foot]]
:*[[47th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|47th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*2nd Brigade: Brigadier Penny
:*[[50th Regiment of Foot|HM 50th Foot]]
:*[[42nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|42nd Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[1st Gurkha Rifles|Nasiri Battalion]]<br>
'''2nd Infantry Division'''<br>
''Major General Sir Walter Gilbert''<br>
*3rd Brigade: Brigadier Taylor
:*[[29th Regiment of Foot|HM 29th Foot]]
:*[[41st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|41st Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[68th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|68th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*4th Brigade: Brigade Maclaren
:*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|1st Bengal European]]
:*[[16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|16th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[2nd Gurkha Rifles|Sirmoor Battalion]]<br>
'''3rd Infantry Division'''<br>
''Major General Sir Robert Dick''<br>
*5th Brigade: Brigadier Ashburnham
:*[[9th Regiment of Foot|HM 9th Foot]]
:*[[62nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|62nd Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[63rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|63rd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*6th Brigade: Brigade Wilkinson
:*[[80th Regiment of Foot|HM 80th Foot]]
:*[[53rd Regiment of Foot|HM 53rd Foot]]
:*[[49th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|49th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[59th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|59th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*Detached Brigade:
:*[[4th Regiment of Rajput Infantry|4th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[5th Regiment of Bengal (Light) Infantry|5th Bengal Native Infantry]]
:*[[73rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|73rd Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>
'''Artillery'''
*9 horse artillery batteries.
*3 field artillery nine pounder batteries.
*2 field artillery twelve pounder batteries.
*6 eighteen pounders.
*18 heavy howitzers and mortars.
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== External Links ==
[[Image:Medal - Army of the Sutlej (Sobraon).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Army of the Sutlej medal with Sobraon clasp]]Medal - Army of the Sutlej (Sobraon).jpg[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Sikh_War Wikipedia - 1st Sikh War]Wikipedia<br>[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_I Sikhiwiki - 1st Anglo-Sikh War]Sikhiwiki<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sobraon Wikipedia - Battle of Sobraon]Wikipedia<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-sikh-war/sobraon.htm BritishBattles.com - Battle of Sobraon]BritishBattles.com<br>[http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/Aliwal.htm Stephen Lewis Website - Officers killed in the battle]Stephen Lewis Website<br>[http://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/10500/10545/10545.htm Battle plan] Maps FCIT<br>==Historical books online==*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=5dYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6# "The Battle of Sabraon"] by an Ex-Aide-de-Camp. ''Colburn's United Service Magazine, and Naval and Military Journal 1867 Part I'' : 6-17 Google Books*[http://www.archive.org/stream/tenyearsinindiai00gouluoft#page/102/mode/2up Sobraon] page 102, ''Ten years in India, in the 16th Queen's Lancers'' by WJD Gould Archive.org [[Image:Sabraonmap.jpg|thumb|Sabraon Location<br>Survey 1920-1946]]
== Recommended Reading ==
[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Military_reading_list ''"Sahib": the British Soldier in India 1750-1914'' pp] by Richard Holmes.6 Review in Fibis Military Reading List . (Pages 8-18, by R. Holmes 2006 ISBN 0007137532describe engagements of 1st Sikh War)
