Battle of Sobraon

Battle of Sobraon
Part of the First Anglo-Sikh War

Sardar Sham Singh Attariwala rallying Sikh cavalry for the last stand
Date10 February 1846
Location
Sobraon, Punjab
31°11′N 74°51′E / 31.183°N 74.850°E / 31.183; 74.850
Result British victory
Belligerents
Sikh Empire East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Sardar Tej Singh
Sardar Lal Singh
Sardar Sham Singh Attariwala  †
Sardar Ranjodh Singh Majithia  (WIA)		 Sir Hugh Gough
Sir Henry Hardinge
Robert Henry Dick  †
Henry Lawrence
Harry Smith
Sir Walter Gilbert
Strength
26,000
70 guns[1]		 20,000
35 siege guns
30 field or light guns[1]
Casualties and losses
8,000–10,000, 67 guns captured [2] 2,300 [2]
The Battle of Sobraon 10 February 1846

The Battle of Sobraon was fought on 10 February 1846, between the forces of the East India Company and the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of the declining Sikh Empire of the Punjab.[3][4] The Sikhs were completely defeated, making this the decisive battle of the First Anglo-Sikh War.

  1. ^ a b Hernon, p. 567
  2. ^ a b Holmes, Richard (2006). Battlefield: Decisive Conflicts in History.
  3. ^ Randhawa, Kirpal Singh (1999). "'We Won the Battle but Lost the Fight': Chillianwala 1849". Nishaan Nagaara magazine – premiere issue (PDF). pp. 41–53.
  4. ^ Sidhu, Amarpal Singh (2016). "Chronology". The Second Anglo-Sikh War. John Chapple (1st ed.). United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445650241.