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== Spelling Variants == | == Spelling Variants == | ||
Modern name: Chilianwala<br> | Modern name: Chilianwala<br> | ||
Variants: Chillianwallah<br> | Variants: Chillianwallah<br> | ||
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==Recommended Reading== | ==Recommended Reading== | ||
''"Historic Battlefields of Pakistan"'' by Johnny Torrens-Spence, Oxford University Press, Karachi 2006<br> | ''"Historic Battlefields of Pakistan"'' by Johnny Torrens-Spence, Oxford University Press, Karachi 2006<br> | ||
ISBN 0195978978 | ISBN 0195978978 | ||
ISBN 978-0195978971 | ISBN 978-0195978971 | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | [http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_sikh.php | + | [http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_sikh.php Sikh Wars] Heritage History<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Sikh_War 2nd Sikh War] Wikipedia<br> |
| + | [http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_II 2nd Anglo-Sikh War] Sikhiwiki<br> | ||
| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chillianwala Battle of Chillianwala] Wikipedia<br> | ||
| + | [http://www.britishbattles.com/second-sikh-war/chillianwallah.htm The Battle of Chillianwallah] BritishBattles.com<br>[http://www.rrw.org.uk/museums/brecon/fact_sheets/4.htm South Wales Borderers Regimental History] www.rrw.org.uk<br> | ||
| + | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=vq-gR8OBGcnKiwGCuaywCg&as_brr=1&id=iA4MAAAAYAAJ&dq=Chillianwallah&jtp=566#PPA566,M1 Battle of Chillianwallah] Google Books<br> | ||
| + | [http://members.tripod.com/%7EGlosters/Chili.htm Officers who died in the battle] Stephen Lewis Website<br> | ||
| + | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA202&dq=Chillianwalla=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA202,M1 Chillianwalla]<br> | ||
| + | [http://pakistaniat.com/2006/11/13/chillianwala-chase/ Chillianwala Chase] Gazetteer 1857 | ||
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| + | == Historical books on-line == | ||
| + | ''Narrative of the Second Sikh War in 1848-49'' by Edward Joseph Thackwell 1851 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AonUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA120&dq=Narrative+of+the+second+Sikh+war,+in+1848-49+Ramnugger&hl=en&ei=3smvTrrdJcbV8gPw0r2UAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CEMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false Battle of Chillianwallah Google Books] | ||
[[Category:2nd Sikh War|Chillianwallah, Battle of]] | [[Category:2nd Sikh War|Chillianwallah, Battle of]] | ||
Revision as of 11:21, 1 November 2011
| Battle of Chillianwallah | ||
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| 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 | ||
Contents
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
Chillianwala Chase Gazetteer 1857
Historical books on-line
Narrative of the Second Sikh War in 1848-49 by Edward Joseph Thackwell 1851 Battle of Chillianwallah Google Books
