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- 1 2 Millar, Simon (2006). Assaye 1803: Wellington's First and 'Bloodiest' Victory. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. p. 18. ISBN 1-84603-001-3.
- ↑ "No. 15774". The London Gazette . 22 January 1805. p. 110.
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