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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[http[://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Sikh_War Category:1st Sikh War|1st Sikh War]]
|date=18 December 1845
|location=FerozeshaahMudki, Punjab
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=30.883319795906,74.783358900188&z=1310&t=h&hl=en 30.883319°N 795906°N 74.783358°E900188°E]
|result= British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Empire Sikh SikhsEmpire] |commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101011135/ [Hugh Gough|Maj -Gen Sir Hugh Gough]]
|commander2=[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Lal_Singh Lal Singh]
|strength1=12,000 troops<br>42 guns|strength2= 10,000 cavalry<br>4,000 infantry<br>22 guns|casualties1= 215 killed<br>657 wounded |casualties2= Unknown
}}
== Army of the Sutlej ==
For details of the regiments at the Battle of Moodkee see main article [[1st Sikh War]]
== Some Notable Casualties ==
*[[Robert Sale|Maj-Gen Sir Robert Sale GCB]] Commander at the [[Siege of Jalalabad]] in the [[1st Afghan War]]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/281/mode/1up Sir John M'Caskill]
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Sikh_War 1st Sikh War] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_sikh.php Heritage History - Sikh Wars]Heritage History<br>[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_I Sikhiwiki - 1st Anglo-Sikh War]Sikhiwiki<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-sikh-war/moodkee.htm BritishBattles.com - Battle of Moodkee]British Battles.com<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ferozeshah Wikipedia - Battle_of_Mudki Battle of FerozeshahMudki]Wikipedia<br>[http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/Feroz.htm Stephen Lewis Website - Officers killed in the battle]
==== Historical books on-line ====
*''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 />
*''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 />
*''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
*[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)
[[Category:Battles|Moodkee, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Sikh War|Moodkee, Battle of]]
