SOBRAON  , a decisive

battle in the first Sikh War (see SIKH WARS) . It was fought on the 16th of February 1846, between the British (Is ,000) under Sir Hugh Gough and the Sikhs (20,000) under Tej Singh and Lal Singh . The Sikhs had fortified them-selves in a bend on the left bank of the Sutlej, with the river in their rear . The battle began with a two hours' artillery duel, in which the Sikh guns were the more powerful, and the British heavy guns expended their ammunition . Then the infantry advanced with the bayonet, and after a fierce struggle took the Sikh entrenchments . The Sikh losses were estimated at from 5000 to 8000 . This battle ended the first Sikh War .