The British began Process_start a desultory bombardment Attack on 31 August and the shelling Use_firearm became Becoming intense from 13 September , to `` soften Cause_change_of_strength '' the German defences , except in the area of the Fifth Army ( General Hubert Gough ) , where the slow bombardment Attack continued until before zero hour , when a surprise hurricane bombardment Attack was to be fired Use_firearm .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Ancre was fought Hostile_encounter by the Fifth Army ( Lieutenant-General Hubert Gough ) , against the German 1st Army ( General Fritz von Below ) .

Governor-General of India Lord Dalhousie agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act with Sir Hugh Gough , the commander-in-chief , that the British East India Company 's military forces were neither adequately equipped Supply with transport and supplies Supply , nor otherwise prepared GetReady to take Conquering the field immediately .

Despite the brilliant successes gained Getting by Herbert Edwardes in the Second Anglo-Sikh War with Mulraj , and Gough 's indecisive victories at Ramnagar in November , at Sadulapur in December , and at the Battle of Chillianwala on 13 January 1849 , the stubborn resistance at Multan showed that the task required the utmost resources of the government .