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 Charles 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

Army of the Sutlej medal with Sobraon clasp

Medal - Army of the Sutlej (Sobraon).jpg 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

Historical books online

• "The Battle of Sabraon" by an Ex-Aide-de-Camp. Colburn's United Service Magazine, and Naval and Military Journal 1867 Part I : 6-17 Google Books
• 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)