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The '''103rd Mahratta Light Infantry''' were an infantry regiment of the [[British Indian Army]]. They could trace their origins to 1768, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, Bombay Sepoys. The regiment was first in action in the [[Mysore (1789-91)|Mysore Campaign]] during the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]], quickly followed by the [[Battle of Seedaseer]] and the [[Battle of Seringapatam]] in the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]]. Their next action was at [[Beni Boo Alli (1821) (Battle honour)|Beni Boo Ali]] against [[pirates]] in Eastern [[Arabia]] and the [[Persian Gulf]] region led the [[Honourable East India Company|East India Company]] to carry out a [[punitive expedition]] in 1819 to [[Ras al Khaimah]] which destroyed the pirate base and removed the threat from the Persian Gulf. | The '''103rd Mahratta Light Infantry''' were an infantry regiment of the [[British Indian Army]]. They could trace their origins to 1768, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, '''Bombay Sepoys'''. The regiment was first in action in the [[Mysore (1789-91)|Mysore Campaign]] during the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]], quickly followed by the [[Battle of Seedaseer]] and the [[Battle of Seringapatam]] in the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]]. Their next action was at [[Beni Boo Alli (1821) (Battle honour)|Beni Boo Ali]] against [[pirates]] in Eastern [[Arabia]] and the [[Persian Gulf]] region led the [[Honourable East India Company|East India Company]] to carry out a [[punitive expedition]] in 1819 to [[Ras al Khaimah]] which destroyed the pirate base and removed the threat from the Persian Gulf. | ||
In 1848, the regiment took part in the [[Siege of Multan]] and the [[Battle of Gujrat]] in the [[Second Anglo-Sikh War]]. The [[1868 Expedition to Abyssinia]] was next for the regiment. This was a [[punitive expedition]] carried out by [[armed forces]] of the [[British Empire]] against the Emperor [[Tewodros II of Ethiopia]], he had imprisoned several missionaries and two representatives of the [[United Kingdom|British]] government.<ref>Harold G. Marcus, ''The Life and Times of Menelik II: Ethiopia 1844–1913'', 1975 (Lawrenceville: Red Sea Press, 1995), p. 32</ref> During [[World War I]] they took part in the [[Mesopotamia Campaign]]. With the [[17th (Ahmednagar) Brigade]] they were at the [[Battle of Es Sinn]]. They were captured by the Turks with the [[6th (Poona) Division]] after the [[Siege of Kut]]. | In 1848, the regiment took part in the [[Siege of Multan]] and the [[Battle of Gujrat]] in the [[Second Anglo-Sikh War]]. The [[1868 Expedition to Abyssinia]] was next for the regiment. This was a [[punitive expedition]] carried out by [[armed forces]] of the [[British Empire]] against the Emperor [[Tewodros II of Ethiopia]], he had imprisoned several missionaries and two representatives of the [[United Kingdom|British]] government.<ref>Harold G. Marcus, ''The Life and Times of Menelik II: Ethiopia 1844–1913'', 1975 (Lawrenceville: Red Sea Press, 1995), p. 32</ref> During [[World War I]] they took part in the [[Mesopotamia Campaign]]. With the [[17th (Ahmednagar) Brigade]] they were at the [[Battle of Es Sinn]]. They were captured by the Turks with the [[6th (Poona) Division]] after the [[Siege of Kut]]. | ||