An incident at Mudki-Anglo-Sikh Wars

[OB]

I have been reading Lou Nolan’s Book, Cavalry, Its History and Tactics.  It is particularly interesting on the experiences of British cavalry in India.  One passage deals with the experiences of the 3rd Dragoons at the Battle of Mudki.  Mudki is one of those battles that really repays study.  Here is the first paragraph of what Nolan says:

“The 3rd Dragoons charged the Sikhs at Moodkee, and drove along the rear of the whole of their position : not only were they not supported, but our own artillery played upon them at one time, and occasioned them some loss. This gallant regiment returned to camp in the evening, having lost nearly -two thirds of their number in killed and wounded, and effected very little except inspiring a wholesome dread of English dragoons.”

I consider the whole passage in detail in a blog post.  If its of interest here is the link.

https://youdonotknowthenorth.blogspot.com