Second Anglo-Maratha War

August 8, 1803 – December 24, 1805 · Assaye

Result British victory

War between the East India Company and the Maratha chiefs Scindia and Bhonsle, in which Arthur Wellesley won at Assaye and the Company took Delhi and much of central India.

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Marathas

East India Company

Other

Maratha Confederacy

Indore State

East India Company

Mughal Empire

United Kingdom

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Company general, won at Assaye

Baji Rao II Peshwa, allied to the British

Shah Alam II belligerent leader

Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley military commander

William Monson military commander

Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 80,800–90,800
Guns: 160

Strength: 53,000
Guns: 39

Units

Maratha army

British Army during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 19th Light Dragoons 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot 76th Regiment of Foot 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 81st Pioneers 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars 94th Regiment of Foot Devonshire Regiment Duke of Wellington's Regiment Madras Engineer Group

13th Lancers 1st Punjab Regiment Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)

Battles 8

Siege of Aligarh September 1–4, 1803 · British victory
Battle of Delhi (1803) September 11, 1803 · British victory
Battle of Assaye September 23, 1803 · British victory
Battle of Laswari November 1, 1803 · British victory
Battle of Argaon November 29, 1803 · British victory
Siege of Delhi (1804) October 8–19, 1804 · Siege abandoned
Battle of Deeg November 13, 1804 · Maratha-Jat victory
Siege of Bharatpur (1805) January 2 – February 22, 1805 · Jat - Maratha victory

Before and after

Followed from: Treaty of Bassein (1802) December 31, 1802

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1803

1804

1805

Treaty of Bassein (1802)

Second Anglo-Maratha War

Also involved 1

James Stuart participant · East India Company