Battle of Assaye
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The Battle of Assaye was a major 1803 engagement in India during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, where Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) won a decisive victory over Maratha forces, significantly expanding British influence in the region.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
British East India Company
ⓘ
Maratha Empire ⓘ Hyderabad State ⓘ
surface form:
Nizam of Hyderabad
|
| campaign |
Second Anglo-Maratha War
ⓘ
surface form:
Deccan campaign of the Second Anglo-Maratha War
|
| casualties_British_side | heavy casualties ⓘ |
| casualties_Maratha_side | very heavy casualties ⓘ |
| combatant |
Maratha
ⓘ
surface form:
Maratha Confederacy forces
forces of the British East India Company ⓘ |
| commander |
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
ⓘ
surface form:
Arthur Wellesley
Scindia of Gwalior ⓘ
surface form:
Daulat Rao Scindia
Pohlmann ⓘ Raghoji II Bhonsle ⓘ |
| conflict | Second Anglo-Maratha War ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| date | 23 September 1803 ⓘ |
| describedAsByWellesley | his finest battle ⓘ |
| describedBy | Arthur Wellesley’s later writings ⓘ |
| followedBy | further British advances against Maratha forces ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | British colonial rule in India ⓘ |
| laterTitleOfCommander |
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
ⓘ
surface form:
Duke of Wellington
|
| location |
Assaye
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India ⓘ Maharashtra ⓘ near Jalna ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
ⓘ
surface form:
Arthur Wellesley
|
| notableFor |
turning point in British–Maratha relations
ⓘ
use of disciplined infantry and coordinated artillery by the British ⓘ |
| participant |
Hyderabadi contingent allied to the British
ⓘ
Madras Army ⓘ
surface form:
Madras Army units
|
| partOf | Second Anglo-Maratha War ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier operations of the Second Anglo-Maratha War ⓘ |
| region |
Deccan Plateau
ⓘ
surface form:
Deccan
|
| result |
British victory
ⓘ
decisive British victory ⓘ |
| significance |
decisive engagement of the Second Anglo-Maratha War
ⓘ
key step in establishing British dominance over the Maratha Confederacy ⓘ major expansion of British influence in central India ⓘ one of Arthur Wellesley’s earliest major victories ⓘ |
| strength_British_side | about 9,500 troops ⓘ |
| strength_Maratha_side |
large Maratha army with European-trained infantry and artillery
ⓘ
over 30,000 troops ⓘ |
| tactics | frontal assault by Wellesley’s forces against a numerically superior enemy ⓘ |
| territorialConsequence |
increased British control in the Deccan region
ⓘ
weakening of Maratha military power ⓘ |
| weaponry | muskets and artillery on both sides ⓘ |
| year | 1803 ⓘ |
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