Battle of Ramnuggar: Difference between revisions

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Battle of Ramnuggar
Part of 2nd Sikh War
Date:	22 November 1848
Location:	Ramnagar, near Wazirabad, Punjab
Presidency:	Bengal
Co-ordinates:	32.441411°N 74.111882°E
Result:	British victory
Combatants
East India Company	Sikhs
Commanders
Maj Gen Sir Hugh Gough	Sher Singh Attariwalla
Strength

Casualties

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

Cavalry Division
Brigadier-General Charles Cureton

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+== Army of the Punjab ==
+Order of Battle at Ramnuggur<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>
+''Brigadier-General Charles Cureton''<br>
+*1st Brigade: Brigadier White
+:*HM 3rd Light Dragoons
+:*HM 14th Light Dragoons
+:*5th Bengal Light Cavalry
+:*8th Bengal Light Cavalry
+*2nd Brigade: Brigadier White
+:*HM 3rd Light Dragoons
+:*HM 14th Light Dragoons
+:*5th Bengal Light Cavalry
+:*8th Bengal Light Cavalry
+:*One wing of [[4th Bengal Light Cavalry|4th Bengal Light Cavalry]]
+*Brigadier Gough’s Brigade
+:*[[5th Bengal Light Cavalry]]
+:*The [[Governor General's Bodyguard]]
+</div>
 == External Links ==
 [http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_II Sikhiwiki - 2nd Anglo-Sikh War]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Sikh_War Wikipedia - 2nd Sikh War]<br>
 [http://www.britishbattles.com/second-sikh-war/ramnagar.htm BritishBattles.com - Battle of Ramnagar]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wRENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA520&dq=Ramnuggur&as_brr=3#PPA520,M1 Google Books - Battle at Ramnagar]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HF1HAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA68&dq=Ramnugger+1848&as_brr=3#PPA68,M1 Google Books - Location of Ramnugger]<br>[http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/Ramnag.htm Stephen Lewis Website - Officers killed in the battle]