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== Multan Field Force ==
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''Commanded by: [http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/component/content/article/192/3792-whish-sir-william-sampson.html Gen William S. Whish]''<br>
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==== Order of Battle 27 December 1848 ====
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'''Left Column'''<br>
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''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101008251/ Brigadier the Hon Henry Dundas CB]''
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*5 Coys [[1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers|1st Bombay Fusiliers]] (Major Mignan)
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*[[4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps)|4th Bombay Native Infantry Rifles]] (Major Honner)
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*No 7 Light Field Battery (Capt Turnbull)
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*On Squadron [[1st Scinde Irregular Horse|Scinde Horse]] (Lieut Merewether)
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*One Coy [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers]] (Lieut Kendall)
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*Lieuts Maxwell & Pollard, Bengal Engineers, conducting the column
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'''Left Centre Column'''<br>
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''Brigadier Capon''
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*5 Coys [[60th Regiment of Foot|HM 60th Rifles]] (Major Dennis)
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*[[3rd Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry|3rd Bombay Native Infantry]] (Major Hallett)
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*No 5 Light Field Battery (Capt Bailey)
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*On Squadron [[1st Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers)|1st Bombay Lancers]] (Capt Curtis)
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*One Coy [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers]] (Lieut Walker)
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*Capt Abercrombie, Bengal Engineers, conducting the column
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'''Right Centre Column'''<br>
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''Lt-Col Nash CB, [[72nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|72nd Native Infantry]]''
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*3 Coys [[32nd Regiment of Foot|HM 32nd Foot]] (Major Case)
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*6 Coys [[72nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|72nd Native Infantry]] (Capt Lloyd)
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*Four guns 4th Troop 3rd Brigade Horse Artillery (Capt Anderson)
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*3rd Coy Pioneers (Lieut Gordon)
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'''Right Column'''<br>
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''Lt-Col Young, [[10th Regiment of Foot|HM 10th Foot]]''
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*5 Coys [[10th Regiment of Foot|HM 10th Foot]] (Capt Longden)
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*[[52nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|52nd Native Infantry]] (Capt Jamieson)
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*Four guns 4th Troop 1st Brigade Horse Artillery (Capt Mackenzie)
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*On Squadron [[11th Irregular Cavalry]] (Capt Dowson)
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*Two Coys [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Sappers]] (Lieut Grindall)
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*[[Robert Napier|Major Napier]] & Capt Western, Bengal Engineers, conducting the column<br><br>
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==== Assault Force 2 January 1849 ====
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'''Bengal Division'''<br>
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''Right Column: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101018064/ Brigadier Frederick Markham]''
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*[[32nd Regiment of Foot|HM 32nd Foot]]
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*[[49th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|49th Native Infantry]]
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*[[72nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|72nd Native Infantry]]
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*Engineer Officer, 1 Sergeant and 12 Artillerymen<br>
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'''Bombay Division'''<br>
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''Left Column: Brigadier Stalker CB''
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*[[1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers|1st Bombay Fusiliers]]
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*[[4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps)|4th Bombay Native Infantry Rifles]]
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*[[19th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry|19th Bombay Native Infantry]]
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*Engineer Officer, 1 Sergeant and 12 Artillerymen<br>
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
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[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://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cREaAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA103&dq=Mooltan&as_brr=3&ei=I_tYSaaEI6asNYXZnPMF#PPA103,M1 Gooogle Books - Siege of Mooltan]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101029214/ ODNB - Sir William Whish]
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[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_sikh.php Sikh Wars] Heritage History<br>
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[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>
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Multan Siege of Multan] Wikipedia<br>
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[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>
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[http://www.redcoat.info/Multan.htm Officers who died at Multan] www.redcoat.info<br>
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[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101029214/ Sir William Whish] ODNB
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[[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

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