Siege of Deeg
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| Siege of Deeg | |||||||||
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| Part of The Second Anglo-Maratha War | |||||||||
| File:Deeg, The Fort LACMA M.90.24.72.jpg | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| File:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg British East India Company |
File:Flag of Bharatpur.png Bharatpur State | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| File:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg General Lake |
File:Flag of Bharatpur.png Unknown File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 227 troops | Unknown | ||||||||
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The siege of Deeg (11–24 December 1804) was a siege of the main fort at Deeg, now in the Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, India, then within the Bharatpur Kingdom. Forces of the British East India Company, led by General Lake, captured the fort from its Marathan defenders. The siege started on 20 November, the bombardment on 13 December, and a breach made at Shahburz, a salient on the southwest side of the fort, on 23 December. A three-pronged attack took place that night and the Marathas retreated to Bharatpur on the 24th. The British suffered 227 casualties.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 93. ISBN 9788131300343.
- MacFarlane, Charles. A history of British India: from the earliest English intercourse to the present time
