Battle of Sobraon

Battle of Sobraon
Part of 1st Sikh War
Date:	10 February 1846
Location:	Sabraon, Punjab
Presidency:	Bengal
Co-ordinates:	31.149705°N 74.871038°E
Result:	British victory
Combatants
East India Company	Sikh Empire
Commanders
Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Gough	Tej Singh Lal Singh
Strength
20,000 troops 75 guns	30,000 troops>br>70 guns
Casualties
230 killed 2,063 wounded	about 10,000

Sabraon Location
Survey 1920-1946

The Army of the Sutlej

Order of Battle at Sobraon
Commanding in Chief: Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Gough
Second in Command: Maj-Gen Sir Henry Hardinge, Governor General of Bengal

Cavalry Division
Major General Sir Joseph Thackwell

• 1st Brigade: Colonel Scott

• HM 3rd King’s Own Light Dragoons
• 4th Bengal Light Cavalry
• 5th Bengal Light Cavalry
• 9th Bengal Irregular Horse

• 2nd Brigade: Colonel Campbell

• HM 9th Lancers
• 2nd Bengal Irregular Cavalry

• 3rd Brigade:

• The Governor General's Bodyguard

• 4th Brigade: Brigadier Cureton

• HM 16th Queen’s Lancers
• 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry
  

1st Infantry Division
Maj-Gen Sir Harry Smith

• 1st Brigade: Brigadier Hicks

• HM 31st Foot
• 47th Bengal Native Infantry

• 2nd Brigade: Brigadier Penny

• HM 50th Foot
• 42nd Bengal Native Infantry
• Nasiri Battalion
  

2nd Infantry Division
Major General Sir Walter Gilbert

• 3rd Brigade: Brigadier Taylor

• HM 29th Foot
• 41st Bengal Native Infantry
• 68th Bengal Native Infantry

• 4th Brigade: Brigade Maclaren

• 1st Bengal European
• 16th Bengal Native Infantry
• Sirmoor Battalion
  

3rd Infantry Division
Major General Sir Robert Dick

• 5th Brigade: Brigadier Ashburnham

• HM 9th Foot
• 62nd Bengal Native Infantry
• 63rd Bengal Native Infantry

• 6th Brigade: Brigade Wilkinson

• HM 80th Foot
• HM 53rd Foot
• 49th Bengal Native Infantry
• 59th Bengal Native Infantry

• Detached Brigade:

• 4th Bengal Native Infantry
• 5th Bengal Native Infantry
• 73rd Bengal Native Infantry
  

Artillery

• 9 horse artillery batteries.
• 3 field artillery nine pounder batteries.
• 2 field artillery twelve pounder batteries.
• 6 eighteen pounders.
• 18 heavy howitzers and mortars.

External Links

1st Sikh War Wikipedia
1st Anglo-Sikh War Sikhiwiki
Battle of Sobraon Wikipedia
Battle of Sobraon BritishBattles.com
Officers killed in the battle Stephen Lewis Website
Battle plan Maps FCIT
Sobraon page 102, Ten years in India, in the 16th Queen's Lancers by WJD Gould Archive.org

Recommended Reading

Sahib: the British Soldier in India 1750-1914 by Richard Holmes. Review in Fibis Military Reading List . (Pages 8-18 describe engagements of 1st Sikh War)