Hugh Gough

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Field Marshal Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, was an Irish officer in the British Army. After serving as a junior officer in the British invasion of the Cape Colony during the French Revolutionary Wars, Gough commanded the 2nd Battalion of the 87th Regiment of Foot during the Peninsular War. During the First Opium War, he was commander-in-chief of the British forces in China. He then became commander-in-chief in India and led the British forces in action against the Marathas, defeating them decisively at the conclusion of the Gwalior campaign, as well as commanding the troops that defeated the Sikhs during both the First Anglo-Sikh War and the Second Anglo-Sikh War.

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Battles (14)

• 1841

  Battle of Amoy

  First Opium War · United Kingdom

• 1841

  Battle of Canton

  First Opium War · United Kingdom

• 1841

  Battle of Chinhai

  First Opium War · United Kingdom

• 1842

  Battle of Chapoo

  First Opium War · United Kingdom

• 1842

  Battle of Chinkiang

  First Opium War · United Kingdom

• 1842

  Battle of Ningpo

  First Opium War · United Kingdom

• 1842

  Battle of Tsekee

  First Opium War · United Kingdom

• 1842

  Battle of Woosung

  First Opium War · United Kingdom

• 1845

  Battle of Ferozeshah

  First Anglo-Sikh War · East India Company

• 1845

  Battle of Mudki

  First Anglo-Sikh War · British Empire

• 1846

  Battle of Sobraon

  First Anglo-Sikh War · British Empire

• 1848

  Battle of Ramnagar

  Second Anglo-Sikh war · British Empire

• 1849

  Battle of Chillianwala

  Second Anglo-Sikh war · United Kingdom

• 1849

  Battle of Gujrat

  Second Anglo-Sikh war · East India Company