Battle of Ramnagar
A British cavalry charge on the Chenab ran into the Sikh guns and was repulsed.
In November 1848, in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, Sher Singh Attariwala's army held the Chenab at Ramnagar, with its guns on the far bank.
On 22 November Gough led a British cavalry charge towards the river to attack Sikh troops on the near bank. The cavalry got into the soft sand and was caught by the Sikh guns; the 14th Light Dragoons were cut up and their commander, Brigadier Cureton, and Colonel William Havelock were killed.
It was a clear Sikh success, and the British had to bring up more troops before they could cross the Chenab.
The two Anglo-Sikh Wars
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After Sobraon the Treaty of Lahore (March 1846) took the Jalandhar Doab and the hills, and Kashmir went to Gulab Singh. After Gujrat the Kingdom of Lahore was annexed, on 29 March 1849.
Same era
The British conquest: the Anglo-Sikh Wars
First battle of the First Anglo-Sikh War, fought at dusk among dust and scrub. The Sikh commanders, Lal Singh and Tej Singh, were later widely accused of betraying their own army.
So close that Hardinge prepared to burn his papers. Tej Singh withdrew when the exhausted British were at his mercy.
A British victory on the Sutlej near Ludhiana.
The Sikhs fought with their backs to the Sutlej, and the bridge of boats behind them broke. Sham Singh Attariwala died with his men.
The revolt at Multan that began the Second Anglo-Sikh War. A British shell blew up the fort's main magazine in December, and Mulraj surrendered in January 1849.
One of the bloodiest battles the British fought in India. The losses led to calls in London for Gough's dismissal.
Overwhelming British artillery broke the Sikh army. On 29 March 1849 Punjab was annexed and the boy Maharaja Duleep Singh deposed.