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== Spelling Variants == | |||
Modern name: Ferozeshah<br> | |||
Variants: Ferozeshah/Firoz Shaw/Ferozeshahr<br> | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Sikh_War 1st Sikh War] "Wikipedia"<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_sikh.php Sikh Wars] "Heritage History"<br>[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_I 1st Anglo-Sikh War] "Sikhiwiki"<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-sikh-war/ferozeshah.htm Battle of Ferozeshah] "BritishBattles.com"<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ferozeshah Battle of Ferozeshah] "Wikipedia"<br>[http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/Feroz.htm Officers killed in the battle] "Stephen Lewis Website" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Sikh_War 1st Sikh War] "Wikipedia"<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_sikh.php Sikh Wars] "Heritage History"<br>[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_I 1st Anglo-Sikh War] "Sikhiwiki"<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-sikh-war/ferozeshah.htm Battle of Ferozeshah] "BritishBattles.com"<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ferozeshah Battle of Ferozeshah] "Wikipedia"<br>[http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/Feroz.htm Officers killed in the battle] "Stephen Lewis Website" | ||
Revision as of 17:05, 14 November 2009
| Battle of Ferozeshah | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of 1st Sikh War | ||
| Date: | 21 December 1845 | |
| Location: | Ferozeshah, Punjab | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 30.883319°N 74.783358°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Sikhs | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj Gen Sir Hugh Gough | Lal Singh | |
| Strength | ||
| 18,000 men 65 guns |
30,000 men 150 guns | |
| Casualties | ||
The Army of the Sutlej
Order of Battle at Ferozeshah
Commander in Chief: Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Gough
Second in Command: Maj-Gen Sir Henry Hardinge, Governor General of Bengal
Cavalry Division
- 1st Brigade: Brigadier White
- 2nd Brigade: Brigadier Gough
1st Infantry Division
Maj-Gen Sir Harry Smith
- 1st Brigade: Brigadier Hicks
2nd Infantry Division
Major General Sir Walter Gilbert
- 3rd Brigade: Brigadier Taylor
- 4th Brigade: Brigadier McClaren
3rd Infantry Division
Brigadier General Wallace
4th Infantry Division
Major-General Sir John Littler
- 7th Brigade: Brigadier Reid
- 8th Brigade: Brigadier Ashburnham
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Ferozeshah
Variants: Ferozeshah/Firoz Shaw/Ferozeshahr
External Links
1st Sikh War "Wikipedia"
Sikh Wars "Heritage History"
1st Anglo-Sikh War "Sikhiwiki"
Battle of Ferozeshah "BritishBattles.com"
Battle of Ferozeshah "Wikipedia"
Officers killed in the battle "Stephen Lewis Website"