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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 300 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SOBRAON , a decisive See also:

BATTLE

battle in the first See also:

SIKH

Sikh See also:

War (see SIKH See also:

WARS

WARS). It was fought on the 16th of See also:

FEBRUARY

February 1846, between the See also:

BRITISH

British (Is ,000) under See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

Hugh See also:

Gough and the Sikhs (20,000) under Tej Singh and Lal Singh. The Sikhs had fortified them-selves in a See also:

BEND

bend on the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

SUTLEJ

Sutlej, with the See also:

RIVER

river in their See also:

REAR

rear. The battle began with a two See also:

HOURS, CANONICAL

hours' See also:

ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery See also:

DUEL (Ital. duello, Lat. duellum—old form of bellum-from duo, two)

duel, in which the Sikh guns were the more powerful, and the British heavy guns expended their See also:

AMMUNITION

ammunition. Then the See also:

INFANTRY

infantry advanced with the See also:

BAYONET

bayonet, and after a fierce struggle took the Sikh entrenchments. The Sikh losses were estimated at from 5000 to 8000. This battle ended the first Sikh War.

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