Battle of Deeg

Battle of Deeg
Part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War
A map of the battle
Date 13 November, 1804 Location Deeg fort Result British victory [1]
Belligerents
United Kingdom British East India Company	Maratha Empire  • Indore State Kingdom of Bharatpur
Commanders and leaders
John Henry Fraser  (DOW)	Yashwantrao Holkar Ranjit Singh of Bharatpur
Strength
Unknown number of troops	Unknown number of troops
Casualties and losses
643 killed or wounded	About 2,000 killed or wounded 87 guns captured

The Battle of Deeg, fought on 13 November 1804, took place outside Deeg, now in the Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, India. A force of the British East India Company led by Major General John Henry Fraser defeated a Maratha force under Yashwantrao Holkar and a force of Hindu Jats led by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Fraser was himself mortally wounded in the attack. The British captured about 87 guns of the enemy's 160. British casualties were over 640 killed or wounded. Maratha casualties were estimated at over 2,000.^{[ citation needed ]}

"The British loss was heavy - 643 killed and wounded", including General Fraser. ^[2]

The action was followed up by a Siege of Deeg Fort (11 – 24 December 1804).

In fiction

• The battle and ensuing siege (together with statistics culled from Duff) are briefly described in G.A.Henty's 1902 book, At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War

References

1. MacFarlane, Charles (1853). A History of British India. Routledge. p. 310.
2. Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. pp. 92–93. ISBN   9788131300343.