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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Empire Sikh Empire]
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101011135/ [Hugh Gough|Maj -Gen Sir Hugh Gough] ]
|commander2= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sher_Singh_Attariwalla Sher Singh Attariwalla]
|strength1=12,000 British & Indians<br>60 guns
|casualties2= est. a few hundred
}}
== Summary==
The Sikhs set their line of defence at the Chenab River. [[Hugh Gough]] led his army against them but his cavalry attack was repulsed. The Sikhs considered this a victory but then withdrew.
== Army of the Punjab ==
'''Order of Battle at Ramnuggur'''<br>
''Commander in Chief: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Gough,_1st_Viscount_Gough [Hugh Gough|Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Gough]]''<br>
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'''Cavalry Division'''<br>
''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101006943/ [Charles Robert Cureton|Brigadier-General Charles Cureton]]''
*1st Brigade: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101029262/ Brigadier Michael White]
:*[[3rd The King's Own Hussars|HM 3rd Light Dragoons]]
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HF1HAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA68&dq=Ramnugger+1848&as_brr=3#PPA68,M1 Location of Ramnugger] Google Books<br>
[http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/Ramnag.htm Officers killed in the battle] Stephen Lewis Website
==== 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=PA29&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 Ramnugger] Google Books
