| Siege of Bharatpur | |||||||
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| Part of Second Anglo-Maratha War | |||||||
&sq=John McAfee&lang=en&file=File:Colonel_Maitland_at_Bhurtpore.jpg) Colonel Maitland at Bhurtpore | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=John McAfee&lang=en&file=File:British_East_India_Company_flag.svg){kind=small} East India Company | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
&sq=John McAfee&lang=en&file=File:Indore_Flag.svg){kind=small} Yashwantrao Holkar |
Gerard Lake | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10,000 | 18,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown, but less | 3,292 Casualties | ||||||
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The siege of Bharatpur took place between 2 January and 22 February 1805 in the Indian Princely state of Bharatpur (now part of Rajasthan), during the Second Anglo-Maratha War. Forces of the British East India Company, led by General Gerard Lake, were four times repulsed in attempts to storm the fortress.[2]
- ^ Naravane 2014, p. 93-96.
- ^ "Siege of Bharatpur, 1805". 16 May 2023.
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