On the south bank of the Sutlej River in the Punjab in North West India. Combatants at the Battle of Moodkee: Sikhs of the Khalsa, the army of the Punjab against British troops and Indian troops of the Bengal Presidency . 'Major General Sir. R. H. Sale, G.C.B. Mortally Wounded at the Battle of Moodkee, December 18 1845.', (mid 19th century). Major General Robert Henry Sale (1784-1845) was a British soldier who from 1798 served mainly in India and Afghanistan and rose to the rank of Major-General in the army of the British East India Company. In the First Sikh War he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Moodkee (Mudkhi, in the Punjab, India), and died of his wounds on 21 December.