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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox military conflict
{{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>
}}
}}
{{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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