The Battle of Mudki was fought on 18 December 1845, between the forces of the East India Company and part of the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of the Sikh Empire of the Punjab. The British army won an untidy encounter battle, sustaining heavy casualties.
Battle of Mudki, by Henry Martens
The British dragoons charge, from an illustration by Ernest Crofts
Afghan cavalry during the Battle of Mudki (December 18th, 1845) of the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845–46). Lithograph after an original sketch by Prince Waldemar of Prussia from 'In Memory of the Travels of Prince Waldemar of Prussia to India 1844-1846'
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, was a British Army officer and politician. After serving in the Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign he became Secretary at War in Wellington's ministry. After a tour as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1830 he became Secretary at War again in Sir Robert Peel's cabinet. He went on to be Governor-General of India at the time of the First Anglo-Sikh War and then Commander-in-Chief of the Forces during the Crimean War.
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge
The Battle of Orthez, at which Hardinge commanded the Portuguese brigade, during the Peninsular War
The Crimean War, the conduct of which Hardinge directed as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces
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