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Sikh Wars - LoveToKnow 1911 (1778 words) |
 | The battle opened with an artillery duel, in which the British guns, though inferior in weight, soon silenced the enemy, the 3rd Light Dragoons delivered a brilliant charge, and the infantry drove the enemy from position after position with great slaughter and the loss of seventeen guns. |
| After the battle of Sobraon the British advanced to Lahore, where the treaty of Lahore was signed on the II th of March. |
| For two years after the battle of Sobraon the Punjab remained a British protectorate, with Sir Henry Lawrence as resident; but the Sikhs were unconvinced of their military inferiority, the Rani Jindan and her ministers were constantly intriguing to recover their power, and a further trial of strength was inevitable. |
| Battle of Ramnagar - The Sikh Wars (3062 words) |
| Several of the battle fields were wide flat spaces broken by jungly scrub, from which the movement of large bodies of troops in scorching heat raised choking clouds of dust. |
| With the thunder of gunfire and horse hooves, the battle yells and cries of the injured, the battles of the Sikh Wars were indeed infernos. |
| Ramnagar is not a battle honour for British or Bengal regiments. |
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