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== Some Notable Casualties ==
 
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*[[Robert Sale|Maj-Gen Sir Robert Sale GCB]] Commander at the [[Siege of Jalalabad]] in the [[1st Afghan War]]
 
*[[Robert Sale|Maj-Gen Sir Robert Sale GCB]] Commander at the [[Siege of Jalalabad]] in the [[1st Afghan War]]
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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Sikh_War Wikipedia - 1st Sikh War]<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_sikh.php Heritage History - Sikh Wars]<br>[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_I Sikhiwiki - 1st Anglo-Sikh War]<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-sikh-war/moodkee.htm BritishBattles.com - Battle of Moodkee]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mudki Wikipedia - Battle of Mudki]<br>
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Sikh_War 1st Sikh War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/tenyearsinindiai00gouluoft#page/88/mode/2up Muddkee] page 88, ''Ten years in India, in the 16th Queen's Lancers'' by WJD Gould  Archive.org
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[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_sikh.php Sikh Wars] Heritage History<br>[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_I 1st Anglo-Sikh War] Sikhiwiki<br>
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[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-sikh-war/moodkee.htm Battle of Moodkee] British Battles.com<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mudki Battle of Mudki] Wikipedia<br>
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==== Historical books on-line ====
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*''The War in India, Despatches of Hardinge Gough and Smith'' 1846 [http://www.archive.org/stream/warinindiadespa00smitgoog#page/n53/mode/1up Gough's despatch] archive.org<br />
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*''The War in India, Despatches of Hardinge Gough and Smith'' 1846 [http://www.archive.org/stream/warinindiadespa00smitgoog#page/n59/mode/2up List of killed and wounded at Moodkee] archive.org<br />
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*''Ten years in India, in the 16th Queen's Lancers'' by W J D Gould  [http://www.archive.org/stream/tenyearsinindiai00gouluoft#page/87/mode/1up Lord Gough at Moodkee] archive.org
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*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=79 "Ferozepore District"] page 57 ''A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest Part 1'' by Miles Irving (1910) Hathi Trust Digital Library . Includes details of some who fell at the Battle of Moodkee (Mudki)
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[[Category:1st Sikh War|Moodkee, Battle of]]

Latest revision as of 11:54, 20 December 2014

Battle of Moodkee
Part of 1st Sikh War
Date: 18 December 1845
Location: Mudki, Punjab
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 30.795906°N 74.900188°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Sikh Empire
Commanders
Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Gough Lal Singh
Strength
12,000 troops
42 guns
10,000 cavalry
4,000 infantry
22 guns
Casualties
215 killed
657 wounded
Unknown

Army of the Sutlej

For details of the regiments at the Battle of Moodkee see main article 1st Sikh War

Some Notable Casualties

External Links

1st Sikh War Wikipedia
Sikh Wars Heritage History
1st Anglo-Sikh War Sikhiwiki
Battle of Moodkee British Battles.com
Battle of Mudki Wikipedia

Historical books on-line

  • The War in India, Despatches of Hardinge Gough and Smith 1846 Gough's despatch archive.org
  • The War in India, Despatches of Hardinge Gough and Smith 1846 List of killed and wounded at Moodkee archive.org
  • Ten years in India, in the 16th Queen's Lancers by W J D Gould Lord Gough at Moodkee archive.org
  • "Ferozepore District" page 57 A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest Part 1 by Miles Irving (1910) Hathi Trust Digital Library . Includes details of some who fell at the Battle of Moodkee (Mudki)