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|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=Tej Singh<br>[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Lal_Singh Lal Singh]
|strength1=20,000 troops<br>75 guns
== The Army of the Sutlej ==
'''Order of Battle at Sobraon'''<br>
''Commanding in Chief: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Gough,_1st_Viscount_Gough [Hugh Gough|Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Gough]]''<br>
''Second in Command: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hardinge,_1st_Viscount_Hardinge Maj-Gen Sir Henry Hardinge], Governor General of Bengal''<br>
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*3rd Brigade:
:*The [[Governor General's Bodyguard]]
*4th Brigade: [[Charles Robert Cureton|Brigadier Charles Cureton]]
:*[[16th Lancers|HM 16th Queen’s Lancers]]
:* [[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry|3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]]<br>
== External Links ==
[[Image:Medal - Army of the Sutlej (Sobraon).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Army of the Sutlej medal with Sobraon clasp]]
Medal - Army of the Sutlej (Sobraon).jpg
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Sikh_War 1st Sikh War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_I 1st Anglo-Sikh War] Sikhiwiki<br>
[http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/Aliwal.htm Officers killed in the battle] Stephen Lewis Website<br>
[http://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/10500/10545/10545.htm Battle plan] Maps FCIT<br>
==Historical books online==*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=5dYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6# "The Battle of Sabraon"] by an Ex-Aide-de-Camp. ''Colburn's United Service Magazine, and Naval and Military Journal 1867 Part I'' : 6-17 Google Books*[http://www.archive.org/stream/tenyearsinindiai00gouluoft#page/102/mode/2up Sobraon] page 102, ''Ten years in India, in the 16th Queen's Lancers'' by WJD Gould Archive.org
== Recommended Reading ==
[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Military_reading_list ''"Sahib": the British Soldier in India 1750-1914'' pp] by Richard Holmes.6 Review in Fibis Military Reading List . (Pages 8-18, by R. Holmes 2006 ISBN 0007137532describe engagements of 1st Sikh War)
