Download or read book At Them with the Bayonet written by Donald F. Featherstone and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First Sikh War Was The Last War In Which British Troops Fought In The Formations Used Against Napoleon Thirty Years Earlier, Commanded By Elderly Generals Who Learned Their Trade Under The Duke Of Wellington. This Book Looks At The War In Some Detail.
Download or read book At Them With the Bayonet written by Donald F. Featherstone and published by . This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At them with the Bayonet - Donald Featherstone The Battles that won India - The Sikh war 1845 - 1846 For a century the British Empire had inexorably turned the map of the Sub-Continent to red. On the way there had been many formidable adversaries and several bloody wars, but the discipline, advanced weaponry and strategies of the British forces had always prevailed against superior numerical odds. By the 1840's the only power not subjugated was that of the Sikhs in the Punjab. It's army the Khalsa, comprised formidable artillery, regiments formed on European lines and trained by men who had served under Napoleon. The Sikhs themselves were a warrior culture, for whom war was life. Against them was pitted an army of a few British regiments, supported by the Indian troops of John company. They were mostly led by heroic but inept generals. Nevertheless, in four bloody battles the British were victorious and saved India from destruction by a whisker. This is the story of that war.
Download or read book Manuscript Letter Providing an Account of the 1845 1846 Sikh War After the Battle of Aliwal written by Followes (Captain.) and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the letter the author gives a short record of his regiment's movements during the First Sikh War, or "a small history of the stirring events which has [sic] latterly taken place". Amongst other things, the author recalls how the army band played "The British Grenadiers" before they were faced with the enemy, and notes that after some long marches through very heavy sands his regiment joined the detachment of the army under Lieutenant Harry Smith. The author reports that although the enemy was double in number it dared not attack except with their large cannon "which they served with fearful acuracy". The letter also includes a simple sketch to show the location of the regiment (fol. 2r).
Download or read book The First Anglo Sikh War written by Amarpal Singh and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-08-25 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the eighteenth and early years of the nineteenth century, the red tide of British expansion had covered almost the entire Indian subcontinent, stretching to the borders of the Punjab. There the great Sikh ruler Ranjit Singh had developed his military forces to thwart any British advance into his kingdom north of the River Sutlej. Yet on the death of Ranjit Singh, unworthy successors and disparate forces fought over his legacy while the British East India Company seized on the opportunity and prepared for battle. In the winter of 1845, the First Anglo-Sikh War broke out.Amarpal S. Sidhu writes a warts and all tale of a conflict characterized by treachery, tragedy and incredible bravery on both sides. In an innovative approach to history writing, the narrative of the campaign is accompanied by battlefield guides that draw on eyewitness accounts and invite the reader to take a tour of the battlefields, either physically or virtually.
Download or read book The Sikhs and the Sikh Wars written by Sir Charles Gough and published by London, A. D. Innes & Company. This book was released on 1897 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The First Anglo Sikh War 1845 46 written by David Smith and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First Anglo-Sikh War broke out due to escalating tensions between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company in the Punjab region of India in the mid-nineteenth century. Political machinations were at the heart of the conflict, with Sikh rulers fearing the growing power of their own army, while several prominent Sikh generals actively collaborated with the East India Company. The British faced a disciplined opponent, trained along European lines, which fielded armies numbering in the tens of thousands. The war featured a number of closely contested battles, with both sides taking heavy losses. This fully illustrated study of the First Anglo-Sikh War tells the story of one of the major colonial wars of the nineteenth century, as the East India Company attempted to wrest control of the Punjab region from a Sikh Empire riven by infighting.
Download or read book The First Anglo Sikh War written by Amarpal Singh and published by . This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "During the eighteenth and early years of the nineteenth century, the red tide of British expansion had covered almost the entire Indian subcontinent, stretching to the borders of the Punjab. There the great Sikh ruler Ranjit Singh had developed his military forces to thwart any British advance into his kingdom north of the River Sutlej. Yet on the death of Ranjit Singh, unworthy successors and disparate forces fought over his legacy while the British East India Company seized on the opportunity and prepared for battle. In the winter of 1845, the First Anglo-Sikh War broke out. From the start, the two-month campaign was marred by Victorian arrogance and bluster on the British side and personal ambition, intrigue and treason in the Sikh camp. Five keenly fought contests ensued, including the great battle of Ferozeshah where the British force found itself caught between two powerful Sikh armies and came close to destruction. Declining to retreat, Sir Hugh Gough, the British Commander-in-Chief, told his second in command: "My mind is made up. If we must perish, it is better that our bones should bleach honorably at Ferozeshah than rot at Ferozepore: but they shall do neither the one nor the other." The fate of the British Empire in India would be decided that day."--Back cover.
Download or read book The First Punjab War written by Shāha Muhammada and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrative poem about the Sikh War, 1845-1846, with detailed introduction.
Download or read book 1st Sikh War 1845 46 written by Sir Charles Gough and published by . This book was released on 1911* with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bancroft of the Bengal Horse Artillery written by N. W. Bancroft and published by . This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gunners with Red horse-hair helmets The author of this book set his heart on joining 'The Red Men'-the glamorous members of the Bengal Horse Artillery-during boyhood. He achieved his ambition and this book principally concerns his experiences with that famous regiment during the First Sikh War as the British Empire fought to curtail the power of the Sikhs of the Punjab in India. Bancroft was ever in the heart of the battle action and he has given his readers an intimate portrait of the mid-Victorian soldier on campaign during the six battles that could have cost the British India itself. Particularly interesting and enjoyable is his reporting of the speech of the soldiers themselves. It is full of colour and authenticity to the degree that is considered to be the inspiration for Kipling's famous Soldiers Three dialogue.
Download or read book Six Battles for India written by George Bruce and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The First Anglo Sikh War 1845 46 written by David Smith and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly illustrated account of the First Anglo-Sikh War of 1845–56, a dramatic, hard-fought, and colorful conflict during Britain's rule of India. This fully illustrated study of the First Anglo-Sikh War tells the story of one of the major colonial wars of the nineteenth century, as the British East India Company attempted to wrest control of the Punjab region from a Sikh Empire riven by infighting. The First Anglo-Sikh War broke out due to escalating tensions between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company in the Punjab region of India in the mid-nineteenth century. Political machinations were at the heart of the conflict, with Sikh rulers fearing the growing power of their own army, while several prominent Sikh generals actively collaborated with the East India Company. The British faced a disciplined opponent, trained along European lines, which fielded armies numbering in the tens of thousands. The war featured a number of closely contested battles, with both sides taking heavy losses.
Download or read book A Norfolk Soldier in the First Sikh War written by J. W. Baldwin and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bright Eyes of Danger written by Bill Whitburn and published by . This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bright Eyes of Danger is rich in detail about the British advancement in India during the latter part of the eighteenth century, thus becoming the paramount power over all India except for the Sikh Kingdom in the Punjab. It gives a vivid account of the seven battles and one siege of the two wars with the Sikhs. The first was brought on by the demise of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the machinations of palace officials and rapacity of the Sikh Army. Despite traitors in command, the Sikhs gave the invincible British Army a run for its money. The Battle of Ferozeshah was a closer run thing than Waterloo as the British Indian Empire stood at the brink of disaster. At the close of the first war many expected a British annexation of the Punjab, but the Governor-General, Sir Henry Hardinge, considered the Sikh real estate too large and expensive to take on, besides which annexation would not play well back home. He opted instead for a quasi-independent Sikh State, and in deference to the parsimonious East India Company Directors in London, he charged the Sikh State war reparations, annexed the most productive province of Jullundar and sold Kashmir to the 'biggest scoundrel in India' for £75,000. The second war erupted with a rebellion at Multan and the British Army advanced to battle with a new Governor-General and the same Commander-in-Chief, Lord Gough, whose catalogue of tactics did not extend beyond the awesome charge of British bayonets. This was not enough at the bloody onslaught of Chillianwala, where both sides fought to a stand still. At Gujerat Lord Gough, with a greater number of guns than Wellington had at Waterloo, crushed the Sikhs into submission and the Governor-General, Lord Dalhousie, annexed the Punjab. Having rocked the British Indian Empire at Ferozeshah, Ranjit Singh's soldiers helped save it during the Great Indian Mutiny, and later in both the World Wars.
Download or read book Bright Eyes of Danger written by Bill Whitburn and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich in detail about the British advancement in India during the latter part of the eighteenth century, thus becoming paramount over all India except for the Sikh Kingdom in the Punjab. It gives a vivid account of the seven battles and one siege of the two wars with the Sikhs.
Download or read book Through the Sikh War written by George Alfred Henty and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The British the Sikhs written by Gurinder Singh Mann and published by Helion. This book was released on 2019-01-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book which covers the relationship between the British and the Sikhs in the eighteenth and nineteenth century.
