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Auction: 25111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 25

Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 1 clasp, Ferozeshuhur (Michael Rabbitt 9th Reg.), suspension sometime neatly re-pinned, heavy wear to naming, contact marks, fine

During the battle of Moodkee, on 18 December 1845, the first battle of the campaign, the 9th Foot suffered 52 Officers and men killed and wounded. With the battle raging, during the early evening of the 21 December, the Brigade of which the 9th Foot formed a part, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Taylor of the 9th led an attack against the Sikh guns. With light failing and advancing into the thick smoke and dust of battle, Taylor's Brigade saw nothing ahead of them until they were at the very muzzles of the Sikh guns. In the Chaos that reigned when the guns opened up on them, the 9th suffered a very large percentage of the casualties they would during the battle. During this bloodbath of a battle, fought over two days, the battle was very nearly lost by the British, the 9th Foot suffering no less than 273 Officers and men killed and wounded.

It should be noted that the Regiment saw action during the First Afghan War, they are entitiled to a Cabul 1942 medal although it is not known if Rabbitt was present.

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