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| conflict = Siege of Ahmadnagar<br />
| partof = the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]]<br />
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| date = 8–12 August 1803<br />
| place = [[Ahmednagar Fort]] in the current-day state of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|19|05|41.3|N|74|45|19.7|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}<br />
| map_type = India Maharashtra#India<br />
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| map_caption = Shown within [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| map_label = Ahmednagar<br />
| territory = British East India Company captures Ahmednagar Fort<br />
| result = British victory<br />
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| combatant1 = [[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|23px]] [[British East India Company]]<br />
| combatant2 = [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|border|23px]] [[Maratha Confederacy]]<br />
| commander1 = [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]]<br />
| commander2 = [[Daulat Rao Scindia]]<br />
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| strength1 = 24,000<br />
| strength2 = Unknown<br />
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{{Campaignbox Second Anglo-Maratha War}}<br />
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The '''siege of Ahmednagar''' was the first battle of the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]] fought between the [[Maratha Confederacy]] and the [[British East India Company]].<br />
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When he determined that a long defensive war would ruin his army, Wellesley decided to act boldly to defeat the numerically larger force of the [[Maratha Empire]].<br />
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With the logistic assembly of his army complete (24,000 men in total) he gave the order to break camp and attack the nearest Maratha fort on 8 August 1803.{{sfn|Holmes|2002|pp=69, 73}}<br />
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Wellesley's first move was to take the walled [[Pettah of Ahmednagar]] (town adjacent to the fort) by [[escalade]],{{sfn|Fitchett|1911|pp=102–104}} on the same day (the 8 August).{{sfn|Duke of Wellington|1859|p=151}}<br />
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The [[Ahmednagar Fort]] surrendered on 12 August after an infantry attack had exploited an artillery-made breach in the wall. With the pettah and fort now in British control Wellesley was able to extend control southwards to the river [[Godavari]].{{sfn|Holmes|2002|p=74}}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
*{{Citation |last=Fitchett |first=William Henry |year=1911 |title=Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 |location=London |publisher=G. Bell |pages=[https://archive.org/stream/greatduke01fitcuoft#page/102/mode/1up 102–104]}}<br />
*{{Citation |last=Holmes |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Holmes (military historian) |year=2002 |title=Wellington: The Iron Duke |publisher=London: Harper Collins Publishers |isbn=978-0-00-713750-3}}<br />
*{{Citation |author=Duke of Wellington |editor-first=Arthur Richard (2nd Duke)|editor-last=Wellesley |year=1859 |chapter=Camp at Ahmednuggur, 17th Aug., 1803 |title=Supplementary despatches and memoranda of field marshal Arthur duke of Wellington 1797–1819 with a map of India |publisher=J. Murray |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=y9EgAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA151#v=onepage&q&f=false 151]}}<br />
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