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'''Cavalry Division'''<br> | '''Cavalry Division'''<br> | ||
''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101027156/ Maj-Gen Sir Joseph Thackwell]'' | ''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101027156/ Maj-Gen Sir Joseph Thackwell]'' | ||
*1st Brigade: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/ | *1st Brigade: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29262?docPos=60785 Brigadier Michael White] | ||
:*[[3rd The King's Own Hussars|HM 3rd Light Dragoons]] | :*[[3rd The King's Own Hussars|HM 3rd Light Dragoons]] | ||
:*[[14th Light Dragoons|HM 14th Light Dragoons]] | :*[[14th Light Dragoons|HM 14th Light Dragoons]] | ||
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:*[[6th Bengal Light Cavalry]]<br> | :*[[6th Bengal Light Cavalry]]<br> | ||
'''1st Infantry Division'''<br> | '''1st Infantry Division'''<br> | ||
''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/ | ''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10704?docPos=22457 Lt-Gen Sir Walter Gilbert]'' | ||
*1st Brigade: Brigadier Mountain | *1st Brigade: Brigadier Mountain | ||
:*[[29th Regiment of Foot|HM 29th Foot]] | :*[[29th Regiment of Foot|HM 29th Foot]] | ||
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:*[[36th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|36th Bengal Native Infantry]] | :*[[36th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|36th Bengal Native Infantry]] | ||
:*[[46th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|46th Bengal Native Infantry]] | :*[[46th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|46th Bengal Native Infantry]] | ||
*3rd Brigade: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/ | *3rd Brigade: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21882?docPos=45303 Brigadier Nicholas Penny] | ||
:*[[15th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|15th Bengal Native Infantry]] | :*[[15th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|15th Bengal Native Infantry]] | ||
:*[[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Bengal Native Infantry]] | :*[[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Bengal Native Infantry]] | ||
Revision as of 10:41, 24 March 2013
| 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 | Sikh Empire | |
| 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
Sir 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
Recommended Reading
"Historic Battlefields of Pakistan" by Johnny Torrens-Spence, Oxford University Press, Karachi 2006
ISBN 0195978978
ISBN 978-0195978971
External Links
Sikh Wars Heritage History
2nd Sikh War Wikipedia
2nd Anglo-Sikh War Sikhiwiki
Battle of Chillianwala Wikipedia
The Battle of Chillianwallah BritishBattles.com
South Wales Borderers Regimental History www.rrw.org.uk
Battle of Chillianwallah Google Books
Officers who died in the battle Stephen Lewis Website
Chillianwalla Gazetteer 1857
Chillianwala Chase pakistaniat.com
Chillianwala: The forgotten British reverse in India by Maj (Retd) Agha Humayun Amin info-sikh.com
Historical books on-line
Narrative of the Second Sikh War in 1848-49 by Edward Joseph Thackwell 1851 Battle of Chillianwallah Google Books