The First and Second Sikh Wars: An Official British Army History

by Reginald George Burton

The Wars That Gave Great Britain Control of India
The First and Second Sikh Wars of the 1840s were the final battles that secured British domination of the Indian subcontinent for the next century. Noted for both their brutality and sophistication in tactics--with large-scale cavalry clashes, sieges, and artillery and infantry engagements--the wars against the Sikh principalities not only handed control of India to Great Britain, but the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594160570
• ISBN13: 9781594160578
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Westholme Publishing
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"