Difference between revisions of "Siege of Multan Dec 1848"

From FIBIwiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Create page. Add Battle Info Box and external links)
 
(Add internal link)
 
(6 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
−
[[Category:Battles|Multan Dec 1848, Siege of]]
 
 
{{Battles_Infobox
 
{{Battles_Infobox
 
|partof=[[:Category:2nd Sikh War|2nd Sikh War]]
 
|partof=[[:Category:2nd Sikh War|2nd Sikh War]]
 
|date=27 December 1848- 22 January 1849
 
|date=27 December 1848- 22 January 1849
−
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multan Multan, Punjab]
+
|location=[[Multan]], [[Punjab]]
 
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
 
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
 
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=30.206085,71.479534&z=12&t=h&hl=en 30.206085°N 71.479534°E]   
 
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=30.206085,71.479534&z=12&t=h&hl=en 30.206085°N 71.479534°E]   
Line 17: Line 16:
 
|casualties2=  
 
|casualties2=  
 
}}
 
}}
 +
 +
== Multan Field Force ==
 +
''Commanded by: [http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/component/content/article/192/3792-whish-sir-william-sampson.html Gen William S. Whish]''<br>
 +
==== Order of Battle 27 December 1848 ====
 +
'''Left Column'''<br>
 +
''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101008251/ Brigadier the Hon Henry Dundas CB]''
 +
*5 Coys [[1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers|1st Bombay Fusiliers]] (Major Mignan)
 +
*[[4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps)|4th Bombay Native Infantry Rifles]] (Major Honner)
 +
*No 7 Light Field Battery (Capt Turnbull)
 +
*On Squadron [[1st Scinde Irregular Horse|Scinde Horse]] (Lieut Merewether)
 +
*One Coy [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers]] (Lieut Kendall)
 +
*Lieuts Maxwell & Pollard, Bengal Engineers, conducting the column
 +
 +
'''Left Centre Column'''<br>
 +
''Brigadier Capon''
 +
*5 Coys [[60th Regiment of Foot|HM 60th Rifles]] (Major Dennis)
 +
*[[3rd Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry|3rd Bombay Native Infantry]] (Major Hallett)
 +
*No 5 Light Field Battery (Capt Bailey)
 +
*On Squadron [[1st Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers)|1st Bombay Lancers]] (Capt Curtis)
 +
*One Coy [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers]] (Lieut Walker)
 +
*Capt Abercrombie, Bengal Engineers, conducting the column
 +
 +
'''Right Centre Column'''<br>
 +
''Lt-Col Nash CB, [[72nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|72nd Native Infantry]]''
 +
*3 Coys [[32nd Regiment of Foot|HM 32nd Foot]] (Major Case)
 +
*6 Coys [[72nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|72nd Native Infantry]] (Capt Lloyd)
 +
*Four guns 4th Troop 3rd Brigade Horse Artillery (Capt Anderson)
 +
*3rd Coy Pioneers (Lieut Gordon)
 +
 +
'''Right Column'''<br>
 +
''Lt-Col Young, [[10th Regiment of Foot|HM 10th Foot]]''
 +
*5 Coys [[10th Regiment of Foot|HM 10th Foot]] (Capt Longden)
 +
*[[52nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|52nd Native Infantry]] (Capt Jamieson)
 +
*Four guns 4th Troop 1st Brigade Horse Artillery (Capt Mackenzie)
 +
*On Squadron [[11th Irregular Cavalry]] (Capt Dowson)
 +
*Two Coys [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers]] (Lieut Grindall)
 +
*[[Robert Napier|Major Napier]] & Capt Western, Bengal Engineers, conducting the column<br><br>
 +
 +
==== Assault Force 2 January 1849 ====
 +
'''Bengal Division'''<br>
 +
''Right Column: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101018064/ Brigadier Frederick Markham]''
 +
*[[32nd Regiment of Foot|HM 32nd Foot]]
 +
*[[49th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|49th Native Infantry]]
 +
*[[72nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|72nd Native Infantry]]
 +
*Engineer Officer, 1 Sergeant and 12 Artillerymen<br>
 +
'''Bombay Division'''<br>
 +
''Left Column: Brigadier Stalker CB''
 +
*[[1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers|1st Bombay Fusiliers]]
 +
*[[4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps)|4th Bombay Native Infantry Rifles]]
 +
*[[19th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry|19th Bombay Native Infantry]]
 +
*Engineer Officer, 1 Sergeant and 12 Artillerymen<br>
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
−
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_sikh.php Heritage History - Sikh Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Sikh_War Wikipedia - 2nd Sikh War]<br>[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_II Sikhiwiki - 2nd Anglo-Sikh War]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101029214/ ODNB - Sir William Whish]
+
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_sikh.php Sikh Wars] Heritage History<br>
 +
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Sikh_War 2nd Sikh War] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_II 2nd Anglo-Sikh War] Sikhiwiki<br>
 +
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Multan Siege of Multan] Wikipedia<br>
 +
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cREaAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA103&dq=Mooltan&as_brr=3&ei=I_tYSaaEI6asNYXZnPMF#PPA103,M1 Siege of Mooltan] Google Books<br>
 +
[http://www.redcoat.info/Multan.htm Officers who died at Multan] www.redcoat.info<br>
 +
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101029214/ Sir William Whish] ODNB
 +
[[Category:Battles|Multan Dec 1848, Siege of]]
 
[[Category:2nd Sikh War|Multan Dec 1848, Siege of]]
 
[[Category:2nd Sikh War|Multan Dec 1848, Siege of]]

Latest revision as of 18:06, 3 May 2011

Siege of Multan Dec 1848
Part of 2nd Sikh War
Date: 27 December 1848- 22 January 1849
Location: Multan, Punjab
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 30.206085°N 71.479534°E
Result: Multan captured
Combatants
East India Company Sikhs
Commanders
Gen William S. Whish Dewan Mulraj
Strength
Casualties

Multan Field Force

Commanded by: Gen William S. Whish

Order of Battle 27 December 1848

Left Column
Brigadier the Hon Henry Dundas CB

Left Centre Column
Brigadier Capon

Right Centre Column
Lt-Col Nash CB, 72nd Native Infantry

  • 3 Coys HM 32nd Foot (Major Case)
  • 6 Coys 72nd Native Infantry (Capt Lloyd)
  • Four guns 4th Troop 3rd Brigade Horse Artillery (Capt Anderson)
  • 3rd Coy Pioneers (Lieut Gordon)

Right Column
Lt-Col Young, HM 10th Foot

Assault Force 2 January 1849

Bengal Division
Right Column: Brigadier Frederick Markham

Bombay Division
Left Column: Brigadier Stalker CB

External Links

Sikh Wars Heritage History
2nd Sikh War Wikipedia
2nd Anglo-Sikh War Sikhiwiki
Siege of Multan Wikipedia
Siege of Mooltan Google Books
Officers who died at Multan www.redcoat.info
Sir William Whish ODNB

Retrieved from "https://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Siege_of_Multan_Dec_1848&oldid=32795"