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[[Category:Battles|Multan Dec 1848, Siege of]]
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|partof=[[:Category:2nd Sikh War|2nd Sikh War]]
|date=27 December 1848- 22 January 1849
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multan [Multan]], [[Punjab]]
|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]
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}}
== 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 ==
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_sikh.php Heritage History - Sikh Wars]Heritage History<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Sikh_War Wikipedia - 2nd Sikh War]Wikipedia<br>[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_II Sikhiwiki - 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 Gooogle Books - 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/ ODNB - Sir William Whish] ODNB[[Category:Battles|Multan Dec 1848, Siege of]]
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