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Battle of Farrukhabad

Battle of Farrukhabad

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The Battle of Farrukhabad (14 November 1804) was an engagement during the Second Anglo-Maratha War between forces of the British East India Company and the forces of Yashwantrao Holkar of the Maratha Empire.

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The battle took place at Farrukhabad in what is now Uttar Pradesh, India.[lower-alpha 1] The Company's forces, led by General Gerard Lake, surprised Holkar's forces after making forced marches of more than 60 miles (97 km) in the preceding 24 hours.[1]

Lake "attacked the Maratha camp where the soldiers were still sleeping off the effects of the previous night's revelry." Holkar himself very narrowly escaped capture in the attack.[1] The battle ended in a Maratha victory and the British forces were routed.[2]

Notes

  1. It is also known as the Battle of Fatehgarh after the town of Fatehgarh which is the administrative headquarters of the district and at that time contained a fort with military significance.

References

  1. [1]
    Eraly, Abraham. The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors. p. 259.
  2. [2]
    Naravane, Wing Commander (Retired) M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. New Delhi: A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 93. ISBN 9788131300343.


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