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Revision as of 11:22, 24 March 2013
| Battle of Sobraon | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of 1st Sikh War | ||
| Date: | 10 February 1846 | |
| Location: | Sabraon, Punjab | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 31.149705°N 74.871038°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Sikh Empire | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Gough | Tej Singh Lal Singh | |
| Strength | ||
| 20,000 troops 75 guns |
30,000 troops>br>70 guns | |
| Casualties | ||
| 230 killed 2,063 wounded |
about 10,000 | |
The Army of the Sutlej
Order of Battle at Sobraon
Commanding in Chief: Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Gough
Second in Command: Maj-Gen Sir Henry Hardinge, Governor General of Bengal
Cavalry Division
Major General Sir Joseph Thackwell
- 1st Brigade: Colonel Scott
- 2nd Brigade: Colonel Campbell
- 3rd Brigade:
- 4th Brigade: Brigadier Charles Cureton
1st Infantry Division
Maj-Gen Sir Harry Smith
- 1st Brigade: Brigadier Hicks
- 2nd Brigade: Brigadier Penny
2nd Infantry Division
Major General Sir Walter Gilbert
- 3rd Brigade: Brigadier Taylor
- 4th Brigade: Brigade Maclaren
3rd Infantry Division
Major General Sir Robert Dick
- 5th Brigade: Brigadier Ashburnham
- 6th Brigade: Brigade Wilkinson
- Detached Brigade:
Artillery
- 9 horse artillery batteries.
- 3 field artillery nine pounder batteries.
- 2 field artillery twelve pounder batteries.
- 6 eighteen pounders.
- 18 heavy howitzers and mortars.
External Links
1st Sikh War Wikipedia
1st Anglo-Sikh War Sikhiwiki
Battle of Sobraon Wikipedia
Battle of Sobraon BritishBattles.com
Officers killed in the battle Stephen Lewis Website
Battle plan Maps FCIT
Sobraon page 102, Ten years in India, in the 16th Queen's Lancers by WJD Gould Archive.org
Recommended Reading
Sahib: the British Soldier in India 1750-1914 by Richard Holmes. Review in Fibis Military Reading List . (Pages 8-18 describe engagements of 1st Sikh War)
