Battle of Ramnuggar

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	Sikh Empire
Commanders
Maj Gen Sir Hugh Gough	Sher Singh Attariwalla
Strength
12,000 British & Indians 60 guns	20,000 Sikhs 50 guns
Casualties
150	est. a few hundred

Army of the Punjab

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

Cavalry Division
Brigadier-General Charles Cureton

• 1st Brigade: Brigadier Michael White

• HM 3rd Light Dragoons
• HM 14th Light Dragoons
• 5th Bengal Light Cavalry
• 8th Bengal Light Cavalry

• 2nd Brigade: Brigadier Pope

• HM 9th Lancers
• HM 14th Light Dragoons
• 1st Bengal Light Cavalry
• 6th Bengal Light Cavalry
  

1st Infantry Division
General Gilbert

• 1st Brigade: Brigadier Mountain

• HM 29th Foot
• 30th Bengal Native Infantry
• 56th Bengal Native Infantry

• 2nd Brigade: Brigadier Godby

• 2nd European Light Infantry
• 31st Bengal Native Infantry
• 70th Bengal Native Infantry

2nd Infantry Division
General Joseph Thackwell

• 1st Brigade: Brigadier Pennycuick

• HM 24th Foot
• 25th Bengal Native Infantry
• 45th Bengal Native Infantry

• 2nd Brigade: Brigadier Hoggan

• HM 61st Foot
• 6th Bengal Native Infantry
• 36th Bengal Native Infantry

• 3rd Brigade: Brigadier Nicholas Penny

• 15th Bengal Native Infantry
• 20th Bengal Native Infantry
• 69th Bengal Native Infantry
  

Artillery

• 6 horse batteries: Lane, Christie, Huish, Warner, Duncan and Fordyce.
• 3 field batteries: Dawes, Kenleside and Austin.
• 2 heavy batteries.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Ramnagar
Variants: Ramnuggar/Ramnuggur/Ramnugger

External Links

2nd Anglo-Sikh War Sikhiwiki
2nd Sikh War Wikipedia
Battle of Ramnagar BritishBattles.com
Battle at Ramnagar Google Books
Location of Ramnugger Google Books
Officers killed in the battle Stephen Lewis Website