Military Prints of the First Sikh War
including the Battles of Aliwal, Moodkee and Forozeshah. Military art
prints published by Cranston Fine Arts our parent company.
[ Battle of Aliwal ]
The First Sikh War, shown in Historical Military art prints, The First Sikh
War Battles were The battle of Moodkee, Forozeshah, Aliwal and Sobraon.
Military Art prints of These battle fought by the forces of the British and
Indian Army against the Sikh Army. British Colonial military prints published by
Cranston Fine Arts.
After the Death of Ranjit Singh, the Sikh Ruler, who's frontiers bordered the
North -west Frontier of British India ruled by the British. The Sikh army
crossed the River Sutlej, into India. This was seen by the British as an
act of war. The first battle was at Moodkee, on the 18th December 1845.
The commander of the British Sir Hugh Gough with the Ludhiana and Umballa
divisions, succeeded in beating the Sikh army. on the 21st of December the
second and bloody battle of Ferozeshah to place with heavy casualties on both
sides. The Sikh army withdrew back across the border, But again crossing the
River Sutlej, but were beaten at the battle of Aliwal, and were routed,
the final battle was at Sobraon, once again with heavy casualties.
The Sikhs were finally beaten and the end of the first Sikh War was over.
Battle of Ferozeshah 21st - 22nd December 1845. Action between
50,000 Sikhs, commanded by Lal Singh, engaged a 16,700 strong British and
Indian Troops under the command of Sir Hugh Gough. on the 21st the British force
attacked the Sikh entrenched position but failed to dislodge them. At dawn
the following day, the British force attacked again. This time forceing the Sikh
forces to retire, they sustained heavy losses of over 7,000 men.
