15,832
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Add army, internal links, strengths, casualties
|partof=[[:Category:2nd Sikh War|2nd Sikh War]]
|date=22 November 1848
|location=Ramnagar, near [[Wazirabad]], [[Punjab]]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=32.441411,74.111882&z=14&t=h&hl=en 32.441411°N 74.111882°E]
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101011135/ Maj Gen Sir Hugh Gough]
|commander2= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sher_Singh_Attariwalla Sher Singh Attariwalla]
|strength1=12,000 British & Indians<br>60 guns|strength2=20,000 Sikhs<br>50 guns|casualties1= 150|casualties2= est. a few hundred
}}
== Army of the Punjab ==
'''Order of Battle at Ramnuggur'''<br>
''Commander in Chief: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Gough,_1st_Viscount_Gough Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Gough]''<br>
<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
'''Cavalry Division'''<br>
''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101006943/ Brigadier-General Charles Cureton]''<br>
*1st Brigade: Brigadier White
:*[[3rd The King's Own Hussars|HM 3rd Light Dragoons]]:*HM [[14th Light Dragoons:*5th Bengal Light Cavalry:*8th Bengal Light Cavalry*2nd Brigade: Brigadier White :*HM 3rd Light Dragoons:*|HM 14th Light Dragoons:*5th Bengal Light Cavalry:*8th Bengal Light Cavalry :*One wing of [[4th Bengal Light Cavalry|4th Bengal Light Cavalry]]*Brigadier Gough’s Brigade
:*[[5th Bengal Light Cavalry]]
:*[[8th Bengal Light Cavalry]]*2nd Brigade: Brigadier Pope :*[[9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers|HM 9th Lancers]]:*[[Governor 14th Light Dragoons|HM 14th Light Dragoons]]:*[[1st Bengal Light Cavalry]]:*[[6th Bengal Light Cavalry]]<br>'''1st Infantry Division'''<br>''GeneralGilbert''s Bodyguard*1st Brigade: Brigadier Mountain:*[[29th Regiment of Foot|HM 29th Foot]]:*[[30th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|30th Bengal Native Infantry]]:*[[56th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|56th Bengal Native Infantry]]*2nd Brigade: Brigadier Godby:*[[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|2nd European Light Infantry]]:*[[31st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|31st Bengal Native Infantry]]:*[[70th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|70th Bengal Native Infantry]]'''2nd Infantry Division'''<br>''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101027156/ General Thackwell]''<br>*1st Brigade: Brigadier Pennycuick:*[[24th Regiment of Foot|HM 24th Foot]]:*[[25th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|25th Bengal Native Infantry]]:*[[45th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|45th Bengal Native Infantry]]*2nd Brigade: Brigadier Hoggan:*[[61st Regiment of Foot|HM 61st Foot]]:*[[6th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|6th Bengal Native Infantry]]:*[[36th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|36th Bengal Native Infantry]]*3rd Brigade: Brigadier Penny:*[[15th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|15th Bengal Native Infantry]]:*[[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Bengal Native Infantry]]:*[[69th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|69th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>'''Artillery'''*6 horse batteries: Lane, Christie, Huish, Warner, Duncan and Fordyce.*3 field batteries: Dawes, Kenleside and Austin.*2 heavy batteries.
</div>
== External Links ==
[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anglo_Sikh_War_II Sikhiwiki - 2nd Anglo-Sikh War]Sikhiwiki<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Sikh_War Wikipedia - 2nd Sikh War]Wikipedia<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/second-sikh-war/ramnagar.htm BritishBattles.com - Battle of Ramnagar]BritishBattles.com<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wRENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA520&dq=Ramnuggur&as_brr=3#PPA520,M1 Google Books - Battle at Ramnagar]Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HF1HAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA68&dq=Ramnugger+1848&as_brr=3#PPA68,M1 Google Books - Location of Ramnugger]Google Books<br>[http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/Ramnag.htm Stephen Lewis Website - Officers killed in the battle]Stephen Lewis Website
