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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Sikh_War 2nd Sikh War 1848-49] Wikipedia<br>
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[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_II 2nd Anglo-Sikh War] Sikhiwiki<br>
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[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Es6x4u_g19UC&pg=PA49&dq=The+history+of+British+India:+a+chronology+Gough+Dalhousie+Edwardes&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false Chronology] Google Books
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Es6x4u_g19UC&pg=PA49&dq=The+history+of+British+India:+a+chronology+Gough+Dalhousie+Edwardes&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false Chronology] Google Books
===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=HF1HAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Narrative of the Second Sikh War, in 1848-49 with a detailed account of the Battles of Ramnugger, the Passage of the Chenab, Chillianwallah, Goojerat, etc.''] by Edward Joseph Thackwell, 2nd edition, revised with additions 1851 Google Books
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=HF1HAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Narrative of the Second Sikh War, in 1848-49 with a detailed account of the Battles of Ramnugger, the Passage of the Chenab, Chillianwallah, Goojerat, etc.''] by Edward Joseph Thackwell, late Aide-de-Camp to General Thackwell 2nd edition, revised with additions 1851 Google Books.  [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.106248/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org 1st edition 1851]
*[https://archive.org/details/militarymemoirs00thacgoog/page/n9/mode/2up ''The Military Memoirs of Lieut.-General Sir Joseph Thackwell arranged from Diaries and Correspondence''] by Colonel H C Wylly 1908 Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Ny1cAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA179 The Sikh War : a narrative by  "An Old Dragoon"] page 179 ''The British soldier: an Anecdotal History of the British Army'', Volume 1‬ by Joachim Hayward Stocqueler 1856‬ Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/details/commentariesonpu00lawr ''Commentaries on the Punjab Campaign, 1848-49. Including some additions to the history of the Second Sikh War, from original sources''] by J H  Lawrence-Archer 1878 Archive.org  
*[http://www.archive.org/details/commentariesonpu00lawr ''Commentaries on the Punjab Campaign, 1848-49. Including some additions to the history of the Second Sikh War, from original sources''] by J H  Lawrence-Archer 1878 Archive.org  
*[http://archive.org/stream/sikhsandsikhwar00innegoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''The Sikhs and the Sikh Wars: The Rise, Conquest, and Annexation of the Punjab State'']  by Charles Gough , Arthur Donald Innes 1897 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/sikhsandsikhwar00innegoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''The Sikhs and the Sikh Wars: The Rise, Conquest, and Annexation of the Punjab State'']  by Charles Gough , Arthur Donald Innes 1897 Archive.org
*''The First and Second Sikh Wars'' Compiled for the General Staff, India by Lieutenant Colonel R G Burton 94th Russell’s Infantry 1911 may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
*''The First and Second Sikh Wars'' Compiled for the General Staff, India by Lieutenant Colonel R G Burton 94th Russell’s Infantry 1911 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284289 Archive.org], mirror from  Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.82721/page/n3 2nd digital file, Archive.org]
:Contents, computer page 6-8 .Unfortunately the book is not complete. Missing text pages 129-130 and all the appendices, pages 131-148.
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=gOtAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1  ''Annals of India for the year 1848: An outline of the principal events which have occurred in the British dominions in India from 1. Jan. 1848 to the end of the second Seikh War in March 1849''] by George Buist 1849 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=gOtAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1  ''Annals of India for the year 1848: An outline of the principal events which have occurred in the British dominions in India from 1. Jan. 1848 to the end of the second Seikh War in March 1849''] by George Buist 1849 Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=pUIoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 ''General Gilbert's Raid to the Khyber. A Personal Narrative''] by R. W. Bingham, Late Quarter Master Serjeant 30th Regt. N. I. 1850 Google Books
*''A Year on the Punjab Frontier in 1848-49'' by Herbert B. Edwardes 1851 Google Books [http://books.google.com/books?id=QPdAAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=vvJAAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 2]
*''A Year on the Punjab Frontier in 1848-49'' by Herbert B. Edwardes 1851 Google Books [https://books.google.com/books?id=QPdAAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 1], [https://books.google.com/books?id=vvJAAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 2]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=HV1HAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP7  ''Leaves from the journal of a subaltern during the campaign in the Punjaub  Sept.1848 to March 1849''] by Daniel Augustus Sandford, Ensign, [[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry]] 1849 Google Books
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=HV1HAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP7  ''Leaves from the journal of a subaltern during the campaign in the Punjaub  Sept.1848 to March 1849''] by Daniel Augustus Sandford, Ensign, [[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry]] 1849 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=bNNGAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Extracts from letters to Mrs. Bamfield from her husband, during the second Seikh war ... also, the subsequent letters of her son''] 1854 Google Books. The author was Major Daniel Bamfield of the Bengal Army and his son Albert, both possibly of the [[56th Regiment of Bengal  Native Infantry|56th Bengal Native Infantry]].
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=bNNGAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Extracts from letters to Mrs. Bamfield from her husband, during the second Seikh war ... also, the subsequent letters of her son''] 1854 Google Books. The author was Major Daniel Bamfield of the Bengal Army and his son Albert, both possibly of the [[56th Regiment of Bengal  Native Infantry|56th Bengal Native Infantry]].
*[https://archive.org/details/cavalryexperien00ouvrgoog  ''Cavalry Experiences and Leaves from My Journal''] by Colonel H A Ouvry 1892 Archive.org. The author arrived in India in late 1846 to join the [[3rd Light Dragoons]], and subsequently  took part in the 2nd Sikh War.  
*Brigadier Mountain’s letters: [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=iL1GAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA246 Page 246] ''Memoirs and letters of the late Colonel Armine S.H. Mountain, C. B. : aide-de-camp to the Queen and Adjutant-General of Her Majesty's forces in India''. 1857 Google Books. He was in charge of 3 regiments, 29th Queen’s and 13th and 30th N I.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Q9wRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA374  Part 2: The Second Sikh War, 1848-49 — The Indian Mutiny, 1857] from  "Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand, K.C.S.I., C.B., R.E." by Lieutenant C.R, Low, (late) Indian Navy, page 374 ''Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal, 1871 Part 1'' Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/cavalryexperien00ouvrgoog  ''Cavalry Experiences and Leaves from My Journal''] by Colonel H A Ouvry 1892 Archive.org. The author arrived in India in late 1846 to join the [[3rd Light Dragoons]], and subsequently  took part in the 2nd Sikh War, from [https://archive.org/stream/cavalryexperien00ouvrgoog#page/n57/mode/2up page 38].  
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ISKgAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1 "Medical History of the 1st Bombay European Regiment (Fusiliers)  during its Service in the Punjaub in 1848,1849, and 1850"] by FS Arnott MD Surgeon of the Regiment, page 1 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay Volume X 1849-1850'' Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Q9wRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA374  Part 2: The Second Sikh War, 1848-49 — The Indian Mutiny, 1857] from  "Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand, K.C.S.I., C.B., R.E." by Lieutenant C.R, Low, (late) Indian Navy, page 374 ''Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal, 1871 Part 1'' Google Books
*''Barracks and battlefields in India; or, The experiences of a soldier of the 10th Foot (North Lincoln) in the Sikh wars and Sepoy Mutiny'', edited by the Rev Caesar Caine 1891 is available to read  online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. The soldier was Thomas Malcolm. This book is also available on a '''restricted access''' basis, probably accessible by those in North America on the  [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100382741 Hathi Trust Digital Library]
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ISKgAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1 "Medical History of the 1st Bombay European Regiment (Fusiliers)  during its Service in the Punjaub in 1848,1849, and 1850"] by FS Arnott MD Surgeon of the Regiment, page 1 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay Volume X 1849-1850'' Google Books
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=133 Gujrat District] page 111 ''A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest Part 1'' by Miles Irving (1910) Hathi Trust Digital Library. Inscriptions of some of those who died in battle.  
*[https://archive.org/details/barracksbattlefieldsindia/page/n5/mode/2up ''Barracks and Battlefields in India; or, The experiences of a soldier of the 10th Foot (North Lincoln) in the Sikh Wars and Sepoy Mutiny''], edited by the Rev Caesar Caine 1891 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.507263 1971 reprint edition Archive.org], mirror from Digital Library of India. The soldier was Thomas Malcolm, born 1827.
*[https://archive.org/details/generalsiralexta01tayl/page/60/mode/2up "The Second Sikh War"] page 61 ''General Sir Alex Taylor G.C.B., R.E.: his Times, his Friends, and his Work, Volume I'' by A. Cameron Taylor, his daughter, 1913. ([https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.88056/page/ii/mode/2up Volume II]) Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/soldiersahibsmen0000alle ''Soldier Sahibs : the men who made the North-West Frontier''] by Charles Allen 2001, first published 2000.  Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=133 Gujrat District] page 111 ''A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest Part 1'' by Miles Irving (1910) HathiTrust Digital Library. Inscriptions of some of those who died in battle.  
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/throughsikhwarta00hentiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Through the Sikh war: a tale of the conquest of the Punjaub''] by G. A. Henty 1902, first published 1893 Archive.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/throughsikhwarta00hentiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Through the Sikh war: a tale of the conquest of the Punjaub''] by G. A. Henty 1902, first published 1893 Archive.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
*Fiction. ''Oakfield or Fellowship In the East'' by W D Arnold [William Delafield], Lieut. 58th Regiment, BNI [Bengal Native infantry]. 2nd edition 1854 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.200691  Volume I] Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KnQQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume II] Google Books. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakfield;_or,_Fellowship_in_the_East ''Oakfield or Fellowship In the East''] Wikipedia, which states "The novel is an indictment of the moral standards of the British regiments in India." Originally published (1853)  using the pseudonym Punjabee. Volume II, Oakfield takes part in the  2nd Sikh War.





Latest revision as of 01:03, 6 November 2023

2nd Sikh War
1848-49
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
Location: Punjab
Combatants:
East India Company Sikh Empire
Result: British victory. Punjab annexed
Medals:
Punjab Medal
Clasps: Mooltan, Chilianwala, Goojerat
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Category: 2nd Sikh War
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2nd Sikh War
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Also known as the 2nd Anglo-Sikh War or the Punjab Campaign.

Summary

The British Resident in Lahore sent officers to Multan to compel the local viceroy to pay increased taxes. The officers were murdered and this encouraged an uprising of rebellious troops against the Sikh Government. After some initial actions the British sent a substantial force under Sir Hugh Gough. Major battles atChillianwala and Gujerat led to the surrender of the Sikhs. The British annexed the Punjab and Raja Duleep Singh went into exile.

Army of the Punjab

Order of Battle at Ramnuggur
Commander in Chief: Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Gough

Cavalry Division
Brigadier-General Charles Cureton

  • 2nd Brigade: Brigadier Pope

1st Infantry Division
Lt-Gen Sir Walter Gilbert

  • 1st Brigade: Brigadier Mountain
  • 2nd Brigade: Brigadier Godby

2nd Infantry Division
General Thackwell

  • 2nd Brigade: Brigadier Hoggan

Artillery

  • 6 horse batteries: Lane, Christie, Huish, Warner, Duncan and Fordyce.
  • 3 field batteries: Dawes, Kenleside and Austin.
  • 2 heavy batteries.

FIBIS resources

  • "General Gilbert and the surrender of the Sikh Army" by Sarah Bilton FIBIS Journal Number 27 (Spring 2012), pages 14-22. For details of how to access this article see FIBIS Journals

Medals

Also see Medals and Medal Rolls

External Links

Sikh Wars Heritage History
2nd Sikh War 1848-49 Wikipedia
2nd Anglo-Sikh War Sikhiwiki
Chronology Google Books

Historical books online