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|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101011135/ Maj Gen Sir Hugh Gough] | |commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101011135/ Maj Gen Sir Hugh Gough] | ||
|commander2=Tej Singh<br>[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Lal_Singh Lal Singh] | |commander2=Tej Singh<br>[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Lal_Singh Lal Singh] | ||
| − | |strength1= | + | |strength1=20,000 troops<br>75 guns |
| − | |strength2= | + | |strength2= 30,000 troops>br>70 guns |
| − | |casualties1= | + | |casualties1=230 killed<br>2,063 wounded |
| − | |casualties2= | + | |casualties2= about 10,000 |
}} | }} | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Sikh_War | + | [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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sobraon Battle of Sobraon] Wikipedia<br> | ||
| + | [http://www.britishbattles.com/first-sikh-war/sobraon.htm Battle of Sobraon] BritishBattles.com<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://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 | ||
Revision as of 10:11, 15 November 2009
| 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 | Sikhs | |
| 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 | |
External Links
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
Sobraon page 102, Ten years in India, in the 16th Queen's Lancers by WJD Gould Archive.org
Recommended Reading
"Sahib" pp.6-18, by R. Holmes 2006 ISBN 0007137532
