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{{War|name=1st Sikh War|dates=1845-46 |image=Punjab_district_map.jpg|thumb|400px|Map showing its districts and princely states |location=[[Punjab]] |combatant1=[[East India Company]] |combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Empire Sikh Empire] |result=British victory |medal=<br>[http://wwwen.britishmedalswikipedia.infoorg/sutlej_medal.html wiki/Sutlej_Medal Sutlej Medal]<br>Clasps: Moodkee, Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal, Sobraon |category=[[:Category:1st Sikh War|1st Sikh War]] }}
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The '''1st Sikh War''', also called the First Anglo-Sikh War or the Sutlej Campaign.
[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Raja_Tej_Singh Tej Singh] Sikhiwiki<br>
== The Army of the Sutlej ==
'''Units at the first engagement at Moodkee. See other actions for forces on those occasions.'''<br>
== Sikh Khalsa Army ==
The Sikh army created by Ranjit Singh was a formidable fighting force trained by European instructors to fight and drill in the Western manner. They were thought (especially the artillery) to be the equal of the Company's troops. At the outbreak of the 1st Sikh War the army's strength was 45,000 infantry, 26,000 cavalry and 376 guns.
==FIBIS resources==
*Video: [http://www.members-area.fibis.org/archives/675 ''The First Anglo-Sikh War''] by Amarpal Sidhu, author of the book of that name. Talk given at the FIBIS AGM and Open Lecture Meeting on 26 October 2013. Video available to logged in FIBIS members in the FIBIS Social Network
*"Captain Hunter: researching a memorial in Durham Cathedral" by Geoffrey Fox ''FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014)'' pages 36-48. For access, see [[FIBIS Journals]]. Captain Hunter of the [[73rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] was killed in action 21 December 1845 at the [[Battle of Ferozeshah]]
==Medals==
Also see [[Medals]] and [[Medal Rolls]]
*[http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/sutlej.htm The Sutlej Campaign Medal] northeastmedals.co.uk
==Memoirs==*''Army N. W. Bancroft of the Bengal Horse Artillery published his memoirs in 1885, "telling of the campaigns of his career. He gives particular emphasis on the Sikh wars that culminated in the three Sutlej 1845-6 Casualty Roll'' is available battles, which he describes in gory detail. His account of the actions of the artillery in the Sikh battles match with accuracy to buy through Amazonthe official accounts, giving a reliable illustration of the tactics of that time.co.uk Bancroft gives a tactile description of the sights and sounds of the battlefield, as they were seen and heard from the men on the ground". For more details see, [[http://astore.amazon.coBengal Horse Artillery]].uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1843424630 FIBIS Shop]
== External Links links ==
{{Library|link1=[http://www.google.com/books?as_labels=1st+sikh+war&uid=4345922024743697884 |tag1=1st Sikh War] |link2=[http://www.google.com/books?as_labels=sikhs&uid=4345922024743697884 |tag3=Sikhs] }}
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Sikh_War 1st Sikh War 1845-46] Wikipedia<br>*[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_I 1st Anglo-Sikh War] Sikhiwiki<br>*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QaFJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=sutlej&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false Journal of the Sutlej Campaign] Google Books<br>*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=d0MEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA48&dq=Army+of+the+Sutlej&as_brr=3&ei=1nH-Sv6jLJWczgTslbyoDw#v=onepage&q=Army%20of%20the%20Sutlej&f=false Despatches of the Generals] Google Books<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Khalsa_Army Sikh Khalsa Army] Wikipedia<br>*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india21_1.html 31st Regiment in the 1st Sikh War] queensroyalsurreys.org.uk<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Punjab_map_(topographic).png Map of the Punjab] Wikipedia<br>
====Historical books online====
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=2L0IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''The War in India: Despatches of Visct. Hardinge, Lord Gough, Sir Harry Smith, Bart., and other documents; comprising the engagements of Moodkee, Ferozeshah, Aliwal and Sobraon''] 1846 Google Books
*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OJpeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Despatches and General Orders Announcing the Victories Achieved by the Army of the Sutlej Over the Sikh Army at Moodkee, Ferozeshah, Aliwal, & Sobraon, in December, 1845, & January & February, 1846''] 1846 Google Books
*''Papers on subjects connected with the duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Volume 10'' (old series) 1849 Google Books
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=IBJ-AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA156 "Campaign on the Sutlej, 1845-6"] by Colonel Lewis, C. B., R. E., page 156
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=IBJ-AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA166 "Unpublished Dispatches of Lieut-General Sir Harry Smith"], page 166
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=IBJ-AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA177 "Some Account of the Passage of the Sutlej by the British Army, in February, 1846"] by Captain Yule, Bengal Engineers, page 177
*[http://archive.org/stream/sikhsandsikhwar00innegoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''The Sikhs and the Sikh Wars: The Rise, Conquest, and Annexation of the Punjab State''] by Charles Gough , Arthur Donald Innes 1897 Archive.org
*''The First and Second Sikh Wars'' Compiled for the General Staff, India by Lieutenant Colonel R G Burton 94th Russell’s Infantry 1911 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284289 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Contains maps. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.82721/page/n3 2nd digital file] where text may be clearer in places, but missing maps.
*''[http://books.google.com/books?id=HlUoAAAAYAAJ The history of the Sikhs: containing the lives of the Gooroos; the history of the independent Sirdars, or Missuls, and the life of the great founder of the Sikh monarchy, Maharajah Runjeet Singh''] [http://books.google.com/books?id=5WJCAAAAIAAJ ''The history of the Sikhs Volume 2 Containing an Account of the War between the Sikhs and the British in 1845-46'' ] contains details of the war from [http://books.google.com/books?id=5WJCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA42 page 42] By William Lewis M’Gregor MD Surgeon 1st European Light Infantry 1846 Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbengale00innerich#page/362/mode/2up ''The history of the Bengal European regiment : now the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and how it helped to win India''], page 362 by Percival Robert Innes 1885, details the role of this regiment in the 1st Sikh War. (archive.org)
*[httphttps://booksarchive.google.comorg/details/books?id=RDMoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 journalofcavalry00humb ''Journal of a cavalry officerCavalry Officer: including the memorable Sikh campaign Campaign of 1845-46''] by William Wellington Waterloo Humbley, Captain [[9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers|9th Queen’s Royal Lancers ]] 1854 Archive.org. Includes some maps.*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=624BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1 ''A narrative of four months' campaign in India, 1845-6 including the Battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshuhur. & Sobraon''], by J W. Baldwin 1853 Google Books. He was in the [[9th Regiment of Foot]].*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=zJ-P21_amTEC&pg=PP9 ''Military service and adventures in the Far East: including sketches of the campaigns against the Afghans in 1839 and the Sikhs in 1845-6, Volume 2''] by Capt. Daniel Henry Mackinnon, late of the 16th Lancers, 2nd edition 1849 ([http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CucwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP3 ''Volume 1'']) Google Books*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=5dYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6# "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
*[http://www.archive.org/details/tenyearsinindiai00gouluoft ''Ten years in India, in the 16th Queen's Lancers''] by WJD Gould (1880) [Archive.org]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reynelltaylorcbc00gamb#page/46/mode/2up "The First Sikh War 1845-1846"], page 46, ''Reynell Taylor, C. B., C. S. I. a Biography'' by E. Gambier Parry 1888 Archive.org. The subject was in the [[Governor General's Bodyguard]] and was wounded at the [[Battle of Moodkee]]
*[http://archive.org/stream/careermajorgeor01hardgoog#page/n12/mode/2up ''The Career of Major George Broadfoot, C. B., Governor General’s Agent, NW Frontier 1844-45, in Afghanistan and the Punjab''] by Major W. Broadfoot 1888 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/barracksbattlefieldsindia/page/n5/mode/2up ''Barracks and battlefields in India; or, The experiences of a soldier of the 10th Foot (North Lincoln) in the Sikh wars and Sepoy Mutiny''], edited by the Rev Caesar Caine 1891 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.507263 1971 reprint edition Archive.org], mirror from Digital Library of India. The soldier was Thomas Malcolm, born 1827.
*''Facts and Reflections, by a Subaltern of the Indian Army'', [https://archive.org/stream/factsandreflect00factgoog#page/n50/mode/2up page 43] onwards is about the unnamed author's experience of the War. Published 1849 Archive.org. The author was an Ensign with a Regiment of Bengal Native Troops, who had arrived in India in late 1841.
*[https://archive.org/details/generalsiralexta01tayl/page/28/mode/2up "First Sikh War"] page 28 ''General Sir Alex Taylor G.C.B., R.E.: his Times, his Friends, and his Work, Volume I'' by A. Cameron Taylor, his daughter 1913. ([https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.88056/page/ii/mode/2up Volume II]) Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/soldiersahibsmen0000alle ''Soldier Sahibs : the men who made the North-West Frontier''] by Charles Allen 2001, first published 2000. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*Fiction
**[https://archive.org/details/flashmanmountain00fras/page/n5 ''Flashman and the Mountain of Light : from the Flashman papers, 1845-46''] by George MacDonald Fraser 1991. Archive.org Lending Library. Flashman in the 1st Sikh War.
*:[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flashman_Papers The Flashman Papers] Wikipedia.
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