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...hile foot soldiers included poorbia mercenaries hired from all over India. Artillery was in command of a capable Punjabi leader named Mian Ghaus Khan. Support t ...he colapse was planned, citing the death of the Dogra Prince. The European artillery officer of Ranjit Singh recounted his being asked by [[Dhyan Singh Dogra]]

...uary 1794, the Marathas with the support of Begam Samru's well disciplined artillery regiment could frustrate the Sikhs' attempt to seize Saharanpur. ...ardars on both sides of the Yamuna and was often successful because of his artillery, an arm the Sikhs were yet to possess. In April 1798, George Thomas gave u

At the age of seventeen, Atar Siṅgh enlisted as a gunner in the Artillery, later getting himself transferred to the 54th Sikh Battalion stationed at

...Nanak, to a place 12 kos from Sirhind; the despatch of a force of 700 with artillery and other material; his being besieged and vanquished in the haveli [i.e. l

...i reached Lahore on 3rd Febrary 1762 with a large army, huge armaments and artillery. Recognizing the danger, S. Jassa Singh Ahluwalia and S. Charat Singh Sukar ...the attack (February 5th ,1762) Zain Khan attacked with his 20000 men and artillery. Abdali also joined the attack with 30000 horsemen. S. jassa Singh and s. C

...he hostile army at the thickest spot. The enemy made a charge to seize the artillery, but were quickly restrained by the fatal accuracy with which the Sikhs ser

...battle was joined on the 11th. Ahmed Shah had only 30,000 horsemen, and no artillery. But during the battle, a force of 5,000 Pathans of Qasoor under Jamal Khan

...hu river area in NEFA. The Chinese attacked on the 20th October with heavy artillery and mortar. Quickly overrunning the outer defences they began to close in o ...my tanks as he attempted to reach the forward comapnies.Unmindful of heavy artillery fire, he successfully re-established communication. The Indian situation th

...held fast to their positions despite intensely heavy shelling by Pakistan artillery. The Indian Air Force, under the command of the Sikh Air Chief Marshal, Arj

...r in numbers. He had also realized how crucial a well-drilled infantry and artillery were in modern warfare. In 1802, soon after his occupation of [[Amritsar]], ...tarted joining in large numbers. Ranjit Singh gave increased importance to artillery, which had, until his time, been limited to the use of [[zamburaks]] or swi

...the faujdar of [[Sirhind]], despatched some troops along with a couple of artillery pieces to reinforce the hill army attacking [[Anandpur]]. An inconclusive e

...fort of Kot Kumaliah and could field 2,000 horsemen, [[Zamburak]]s, and [[artillery]].<ref>The Panjab chiefs, historical and biographical notices by Lepel Henr

...ew arrangement was described by John Marshman: An officer of the company's artillery became, in effect, the successor of Ranjit Singh.

...as. But in addition to these organised forces no less than 20 batteries of artillery and 32 battalions of British infantry, 1,000 strong and more were sent to E ...high ground near the beach and immediately found working parties to unload artillery and stores and construct roads at "V" and "W" Beaches.

...and children, were also killed in the operation which saw the use of heavy artillery, rockets and tanks being employed, as well. More than 700 soldiers of the .... The tops of these towers were blasted off by artillery fire. The use of artillery in the dense city of Amritsar prooved very costly, especially in human live

...its total estimated strength of 70,000, essentially consisted of cavalry; artillery and infantry elements were almost unknown to it.

...entually Mughal forces were sent from Delhi to resist his advance. Lacking artillery and vastly outnumbered, he was defeated at Manupur in March 1748 by Mu'in-u ...battle was joined on the 11th. Ahmed Shah had only 30,000 horsemen, and no artillery. But during the battle, a force of 5,000 Pathans of Qasoor under Jamal Khan

...gh malwai. In this fort were stationed 300 infantry men, 100 horsemen, 10 artillery men, two big and two small cannon. (33) ...names as Shankargarh. There were stationed 500 infantry, 300 cavalry, 35 artillery men, two big and 10 small cannons. It was placed under lehna Singh Sandhan

...elephants, mounted gunnery, archers, lancers and swordsmen. Banda had no artillery, no elephants and not even sufficient supply of good horses. He and his sol First, the [[Muslim]] artillery caused a heavy destruction of lives. Realizing this disadvantage, the soldi

...00gardiala Soldier and traveller; memoirs of Alexander Gardner, Colonel of Artillery in the service of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1898)Author: Gardner, Alexander Ha