Battle of Delhi (1803)

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Battle of Delhi
Part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War
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Map of the Battle of Delhi (1803)
Date11 September 1803
Location 28°36′45″N77°17′30″E / 28.61250°N 77.29167°E / 28.61250; 77.29167
Result British victory
Belligerents
Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg British East India Company Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Maratha Confederacy
Commanders and leaders
Gerard Lake Daulat Rao Scindia
Louis Bourquin
Strength
4,500 17,000
Casualties and losses
estimated 464–485 men killed or wounded [1] estimated 3,000 killed or wounded [1]
Location map India Delhi EN.svg
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Delhi
Location within Delhi
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Delhi
Delhi (India)

The Battle of Delhi or Battle of Patparganj took place on 11 September 1803 during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British East India Company troops of the Bombay Army under General Lake, and the Marathas of Scindia's army under General Louis Bourquin and Sardar Ravsaheb Wable.

Events

Bourquin had treacherously deserted his former friend General Perron and now commanded 1743 battalions of the latter's troops. The battle was fought at Mosadabad, right across the Yamuna River from Humayun's Tomb, also giving the battle its local name.[ citation needed ]

The Marathas initially occupied a strong position with the Yamuna River in their rear. But, General Gerard Lake, feigning a retreat, drew them from their lines and then turning upon them drove them with the bayonet into the river, inflicting more losses upon them. Finally, the city of Delhi fell three days later. As a result, the control of the city of Delhi passed from the Marathas to the British.[ citation needed ]

A monument was later erected at the site in Patparganj, marked out by a surrounding ditch, commemorating Cornet Sanguine and the Company army soldiers who fell during the battle.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. pp. 76–77. ISBN   9788131300343.