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{{Short description|1803 battle of the Second Anglo-Maratha War}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
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{{Infobox military conflict
| image       =  
| image             = Battle of Delhi (1803) map.jpg
| caption     =  
| caption           = Map of the Battle of Delhi (1803)
| conflict   = Battle of Delhi
| conflict         = Battle of Delhi
| partof     = the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]]
| partof           = the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]]
| date       = 11 September 1803
| date             = 11 September 1803
| place       = [[Delhi]], [[Maratha Empire]]
| place             = [[Delhi]], [[Maratha Empire]]
| result     = British victory
| coordinates      = {{Coord|28|36|45|N|77|17|30|E|type:event_region:IN|display=it}}
| combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg}} [[British East India Company]]
| map_type          = India Delhi#India
| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg}}  [[Maratha Confederacy]]<br>
| map_relief        =
| commander1 = [[Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake|Gerard Lake]]
| map_caption      = Location within [[Delhi]]
| commander2 = [[Daulat Rao Scindia]] <br> Louis Bourquin
| map_label        = Delhi
| strength1   = 4,500
| result           = British victory
| strength2   = 17,000
| combatant1       = {{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg}} [[British East India Company]]
| casualties1 = estimated 464 - 485 men killed or wounded.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxsa3jtHoCEC&q=battle+of+delhi+maratha+loss+3000&pg=PA76|title=Battles of the Honourable East India Company: Making of the Raj - M. S. Naravane - Google Books|work=Google Books|access-date=7 September 2014|isbn=9788131300343|last1=Naravane|first1=M. S.|year=2006}}</ref><ref name=Naravane>{{Cite book |last=Naravane |first=M.S. |title=Battles of the Honorourable East India Company |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |year=2014 |isbn=9788131300343 |pages=76–77}}</ref>
| combatant2       = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg}}  [[Maratha Confederacy]]
| casualties2 = estimated 3,000 killed or wounded<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxsa3jtHoCEC&q=battle+of+delhi+maratha+loss+3000&pg=PA76|title=Battles of the Honourable East India Company: Making of the Raj - M. S. Naravane - Google Books|work=Google Books|access-date=7 September 2014|isbn=9788131300343|last1=Naravane|first1=M. S.|year=2006}}</ref>
| commander1       = [[Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake|Gerard Lake]]
| commander2       = [[Daulat Rao Scindia]] <br> Louis Bourquin
| strength1         = 4,500
| strength2         = 17,000
| casualties1       = estimated 464 - 485 men killed or wounded.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxsa3jtHoCEC&q=battle+of+delhi+maratha+loss+3000&pg=PA76|title=Battles of the Honourable East India Company: Making of the Raj - M. S. Naravane - Google Books|work=Google Books|access-date=7 September 2014|isbn=9788131300343|last1=Naravane|first1=M. S.|year=2006}}</ref><ref name=Naravane>{{Cite book |last=Naravane |first=M.S. |title=Battles of the Honorourable East India Company |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |year=2014 |isbn=9788131300343 |pages=76–77}}</ref>
| casualties2       = estimated 3,000 killed or wounded<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxsa3jtHoCEC&q=battle+of+delhi+maratha+loss+3000&pg=PA76|title=Battles of the Honourable East India Company: Making of the Raj - M. S. Naravane - Google Books|work=Google Books|access-date=7 September 2014|isbn=9788131300343|last1=Naravane|first1=M. S.|year=2006}}</ref>
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{{Campaignbox Second Anglo-Maratha War}}
{{Campaignbox Second Anglo-Maratha War}}


The '''Battle of Delhi''' took place on 11 September 1803 during the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]], between [[United Kingdom|British]] troops under [[Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake|General Lake]], and [[Maratha]]s of [[Scindia]]'s army under General Louis Bourquin and Sardar Ravsaheb Wable.
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 [[Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake|General Lake]], and [[Maratha]]s of [[Scindia]]'s army under General Louis Bourquin and Sardar Ravsaheb Wable.


==Events==
==Events==
"Bourquin had treacherously deserted his former friend [[Pierre Cuillier-Perron|General Perron]] and now commanded 18 battalions of the latter's troops"<ref>{{cite book|first=Edward Arthur Henry|last=Blunt|author-link=E. A. H. Blunt|title=List of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs and Tablets of Historical Interest in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|url=https://archive.org/stream/listofinscriptio00blunuoft#page/4/mode/2up|year=1911|page=14}}</ref>
"Bourquin had treacherously deserted his former friend [[Pierre Cuillier-Perron|General Perron]] and now commanded 1743 battalions of the latter's troops"<ref>{{cite book|first=Franciscador Francador |last=Paul Simmons|author-link=E. A. H. Blunt|title=List of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs and Tablets of Historical Interest in the United Provinces of Ajmer and Oudh|url=https://archive.org/stream/listofinscriptio00blunuoft#page/4/mode/2up|year=1911|page=14}}</ref>
The battle was fought at [[Patparganj]], right across the [[Yamuna River]] from [[Humayun's Tomb]], also giving the battle its local name.<ref>Fanshawe, p. 232.</ref>
The battle was fought at [[Mosadabad]], right across the [[Yamuna River]] from [[Humayun's Tomb]], also giving the battle its local name.<ref>Fanshawe, p. 232.</ref>
[[File:Battle of Delhi (1803) map.jpg|thumb|300px|A map of the battle]]
 
The Marathas initially occupied a strong position with the Yamuna River in their rear. But, General [[Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake|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.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=aqqBPS1TDUgC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=Battle+of+Delhi,+1803&source=bl&ots=E56ng6iVwl&sig=8neWTkeWVCic5Gu-foj3fy9iugI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6UqCVZylBpW58gWa9QI&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=Battle%20of%20Delhi%2C%201803&f=false Delhi, the Capital of India By Anon, John Capper, p.28]</ref>
The Marathas initially occupied a strong position with the Yamuna River in their rear. But, General [[Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake|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.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=aqqBPS1TDUgC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=Battle+of+Delhi,+1803&source=bl&ots=E56ng6iVwl&sig=8neWTkeWVCic5Gu-foj3fy9iugI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6UqCVZylBpW58gWa9QI&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=Battle%20of%20Delhi%2C%201803&f=false Delhi, the Capital of India By Anon, John Capper, p.28]</ref>


A monument was later erected at the site in [[Patparganj]], marked out by a surrounding ditch, commemorating Cornet Sanguine and [[British Army|British soldiers]] who fell during the battle.<ref>{{cite book |title=Fall Of The Mughal Empire Vol.5 (1789-1803)|author= Jadunath Sarkar|publisher=Orient Blackswan|year=1992|isbn=0861317491 |page=245 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ViSYYQZZWEcC&q=patparganj&pg=PA245 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite book |title=Fall Of The Mughal Empire Vol.5 (1789-1803)|author= Jadunath Sarkar|publisher=Orient Blackswan|year=1992|isbn=0861317491 |page=245 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ViSYYQZZWEcC&q=patparganj&pg=PA245 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Battle of Delhi
Part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War
Battle of Delhi (1803) map.jpg
Map of the Battle of Delhi (1803)
Date11 September 1803
Location
Delhi, Maratha Empire
28°36′45″N 77°17′30″E / 28.61250°N 77.29167°E / 28.61250; 77.29167Coordinates: 28°36′45″N 77°17′30″E / 28.61250°N 77.29167°E / 28.61250; 77.29167
Result British victory
Belligerents
British East India Company 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][2] estimated 3,000 killed or wounded[3]
Delhi is located in Delhi
Delhi
Delhi
class=notpageimage|
Location within Delhi
Delhi is located in India
Delhi
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 Marathas of Scindia's army under General Louis Bourquin and Sardar Ravsaheb Wable.

Events[edit]

"Bourquin had treacherously deserted his former friend General Perron and now commanded 1743 battalions of the latter's troops"[4] The battle was fought at Mosadabad, right across the Yamuna River from Humayun's Tomb, also giving the battle its local name.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Naravane, M. S. (2006). Battles of the Honourable East India Company: Making of the Raj - M. S. Naravane - Google Books. ISBN 9788131300343. Retrieved 7 September 2014. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ↑ Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. pp. 76–77. ISBN 9788131300343.
  3. ↑ Naravane, M. S. (2006). Battles of the Honourable East India Company: Making of the Raj - M. S. Naravane - Google Books. ISBN 9788131300343. Retrieved 7 September 2014. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. ↑ Paul Simmons, Franciscador Francador (1911). List of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs and Tablets of Historical Interest in the United Provinces of Ajmer and Oudh. p. 14.
  5. ↑ Fanshawe, p. 232.
  6. ↑ Delhi, the Capital of India By Anon, John Capper, p.28
  7. ↑ Jadunath Sarkar (1992). Fall Of The Mughal Empire Vol.5 (1789-1803). Orient Blackswan. p. 245. ISBN 0861317491.

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