The Charge of the 16th Lancers, at the Battle of Aliwal, by Orlando Norie. SIG1772 bringing the U-boats their easiest

bringing the U-boats their easiest pickings of the war

1st The Queens Dragoon Guards

Lieutenant Colonel Richard T Headrick

5 inches x 20 inches (67cm x 51cm)

The Charge of the 16th Lancers, at the Battle of Aliwal, by Orlando Norie. SIG1772 bringing the U-boats their easiestDHM162. The Charge of the 16th Lancers, at the Battle of Aliwal, by Orlando Norie. The battle was fought during the 1st Sikh War (1845 1846) between a force of 10,000 British and Indian troops under the command of General Sir Harry Smith and a 15,000 strong Sikh army led by Ranjur Singh. The Sikh forces occupied an entrenched position between the villages of Aliwal and Bhundri, close to the River Sutlej. Smith drove the Sikhs out of Aliwal with his