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Battle of Chillianwallah
Part of 2nd Sikh War
Date:	13 January 1849
Location:	Chillianwala, Punjab
Presidency:	Bengal
Co-ordinates:	32.669076°N 73.598009°E
Result:	Indecisive
Combatants
East India Company	Sikhs
Commanders
Maj Gen Sir Hugh Gough	Sher Singh Attariwalla
Strength
16,000 British & Indian troops 66 guns	Est 23,000 Sikhs of the Khalsa 60 guns
Casualties

Army of the Punjab

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

Cavalry Division
Maj-Gen Sir Joseph Thackwell

1st Brigade: Brigadier Michael White

1st Infantry Division
Lt-Gen Sir Walter Gilbert

1st Brigade: Brigadier Mountain

2nd Brigade: Brigadier Godby

2nd Infantry Division
Colin Campbell

1st Brigade: Brigadier Pennycuick

2nd Brigade: Brigadier Hoggan

3rd Brigade: Brigadier Nicholas Penny

Artillery

6 horse batteries: Maj-Gen Brooke

1st Brigade: Grant, Lane, Christie and Huish
2nd Brigade: Brind, Warner, Duncan and Fordyce

3 field batteries: Mowatt, Robertson and Dawes
2 heavy batteries: Maj Horsford, Capts Shakespeare and Ludlow

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Chilianwala
Variants: Chillianwallah

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+== Army of the Punjab ==
+'''Order of Battle at Chillianwallah'''<br>
+''Commander in Chief: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Gough,_1st_Viscount_Gough Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Gough]''<br>
+<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
+'''Cavalry Division'''<br>
+''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101027156/ Maj-Gen Sir Joseph Thackwell]''
+*1st Brigade: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101029262/ Brigadier Michael White]
+:*[[3rd The King's Own Hussars|HM 3rd Light Dragoons]]
+:*[[14th Light Dragoons|HM 14th Light Dragoons]]
+:*[[1st Bengal Light Cavalry]]
+:*[[6th Bengal Light Cavalry]]<br>
+'''1st Infantry Division'''<br>
+''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101010704/ Lt-Gen Sir Walter Gilbert]''
+*1st Brigade: Brigadier Mountain
+:*[[29th Regiment of Foot|HM 29th Foot]]
+:*[[30th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|30th Bengal Native Infantry]]
+:*[[56th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|56th Bengal Native Infantry]]
+*2nd Brigade: Brigadier Godby
+:*[[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|2nd European Light Infantry]]
+:*[[31st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|31st Bengal Native Infantry]]
+:*[[70th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|70th Bengal Native Infantry]]
+'''2nd Infantry Division'''<br>
+''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Campbell,_1st_Baron_ClydeBrigadier Colin Campbell]''<br>
+*1st Brigade: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101021884/ Brigadier Pennycuick]
+:*[[24th Regiment of Foot|HM 24th Foot]]
+:*[[25th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|25th Bengal Native Infantry]]
+:*[[45th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|45th Bengal Native Infantry]]
+*2nd Brigade: Brigadier Hoggan
+:*[[61st Regiment of Foot|HM 61st Foot]]
+:*[[6th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|6th Bengal Native Infantry]]
+:*[[36th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|36th Bengal Native Infantry]]
+:*[[46th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|46th Bengal Native Infantry]]
+*3rd Brigade: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101021882/ Brigadier Nicholas Penny]
+:*[[15th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|15th Bengal Native Infantry]]
+:*[[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Bengal Native Infantry]]
+:*[[69th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|69th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>
+'''Artillery'''
+*6 horse batteries: Maj-Gen Brooke
+:*1st Brigade: Grant, Lane, Christie and Huish
+:*2nd Brigade: Brind, Warner, Duncan and Fordyce
+*3 field batteries: Mowatt, Robertson and Dawes
+*2 heavy batteries: Maj Horsford, Capts Shakespeare and Ludlow
+</div>
 == Spelling Variants ==
 Modern name: Chilianwala<br>
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 ISBN 0195978978
 ISBN 978-0195978971
 == External Links ==
 [http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_sikh.php Heritage History - Sikh Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Sikh_War Wikipedia - 2nd Sikh War]<br>[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_II Sikhiwiki - 2nd Anglo-Sikh War]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chillianwala Wikipedia - Battle of Chillianwala]<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/second-sikh-war/chillianwallah.htm BritishBattles.com - The Battle of Chillianwallah]<br>[http://www.rrw.org.uk/museums/brecon/fact_sheets/4.htm South Wales Borderers Regimental History]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=vq-gR8OBGcnKiwGCuaywCg&as_brr=1&id=iA4MAAAAYAAJ&dq=Chillianwallah&jtp=566#PPA566,M1 Google Books - Battle of Chillianwallah]<br>[http://members.tripod.com/%7EGlosters/Chili.htm Stephen Lewis Website - Officers who died in the battle]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA202&dq=Chillianwalla=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA202,M1 Chillianwalla - Gazetteer 1857]<br>[http://pakistaniat.com/2006/11/13/chillianwala-chase/ Chillianwala Chase]
 [[Category:2nd Sikh War|Chillianwallah, Battle of]]

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