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== External Links ==
== 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 1st Sikh War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Sikh_War 1st Sikh War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_I 1st Anglo-Sikh War] Sikhiwiki<br>
[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_I 1st Anglo-Sikh War] Sikhiwiki<br>
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[http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/Aliwal.htm Officers killed in the battle] Stephen Lewis Website<br>
[http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/Aliwal.htm Officers killed in the battle] Stephen Lewis Website<br>
[http://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/10500/10545/10545.htm Battle plan] Maps FCIT<br>
[http://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/10500/10545/10545.htm Battle plan] Maps FCIT<br>
[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
==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


== Recommended Reading ==
== Recommended Reading ==
[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Military_reading_list ''Sahib: the British Soldier in India 1750-1914''] by Richard Holmes.  Review in Fibis Military Reading List . (Pages 8-18 describe engagements of 1st Sikh War)
[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Military_reading_list ''Sahib: the British Soldier in India 1750-1914''] by Richard Holmes.  Review in Fibis Military Reading List . (Pages 8-18 describe engagements of 1st Sikh War)

Latest revision as of 00:55, 25 March 2016

Battle of Sobraon
Part of 1st Sikh War
Date: 10 February 1846
Location: Sabraon, Punjab
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 31.149705°N 74.871038°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Sikh Empire
Commanders
Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Gough Tej Singh
Lal Singh
Strength
20,000 troops
75 guns
30,000 troops>br>70 guns
Casualties
230 killed
2,063 wounded
about 10,000
Sabraon Location
Survey 1920-1946

The Army of the Sutlej

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

Cavalry Division
Major General Sir Joseph Thackwell

  • 1st Brigade: Colonel Scott
  • 2nd Brigade: Colonel Campbell
  • 3rd Brigade:

1st Infantry Division
Maj-Gen Sir Harry Smith

  • 1st Brigade: Brigadier Hicks
  • 2nd Brigade: Brigadier Penny

2nd Infantry Division
Major General Sir Walter Gilbert

  • 3rd Brigade: Brigadier Taylor
  • 4th Brigade: Brigade Maclaren

3rd Infantry Division
Major General Sir Robert Dick

  • 5th Brigade: Brigadier Ashburnham
  • 6th Brigade: Brigade Wilkinson
  • Detached Brigade:

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.

External Links

Army of the Sutlej medal with Sobraon clasp

Medal - Army of the Sutlej (Sobraon).jpg 1st Sikh War Wikipedia
1st Anglo-Sikh War Sikhiwiki
Battle of Sobraon Wikipedia
Battle of Sobraon BritishBattles.com
Officers killed in the battle Stephen Lewis Website
Battle plan Maps FCIT

Historical books online

  • "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
  • Sobraon page 102, Ten years in India, in the 16th Queen's Lancers by WJD Gould Archive.org

Recommended Reading

Sahib: the British Soldier in India 1750-1914 by Richard Holmes. Review in Fibis Military Reading List . (Pages 8-18 describe engagements of 1st Sikh War)