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*500 gun lascars
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== Bengal Relief Force ==
''Col Leslie (succeeded by  Col Thomas Goddard) commanding''<br>
*1st Btn of Bengal Native Infantry (900 men)
*2nd Btn of Bengal Native Infantry (900 men)
*4th Btn of Bengal Native Infantry (900 men)
*5th Btn of Bengal Native Infantry (900 men)
*6tht Btn of Bengal Native Infantry (900 men)
*7th Btn of Bengal Native Infantry (900 men)
*One Regiment of Native Cavalry
*One Company of Gholundauz (Native Artillery) (100)
*Nawab of Oudh Candahar Horse (500)
'''*Total 6,600 fighting men with 103 European officers'''
*Servanst and followers 19,000
*Bazaar Department 12,000
== Biographies ==
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>

Revision as of 13:02, 1 March 2010

Summary

First Maratha War
1777 to 1782
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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Location:
Combatants:
East India Company Maratha Empire
Result: British victory
Medals:
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1st Maratha War
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The British became involved in a dispute beween rival claimants to the throne of the Maratha Empire. The Presidencies of Calcutta and Bombay took opposing views on the matter. Nana Phadnis, the leader of the Maratha chiefs, broke the terms of the treaty with Calcutta and a force under Colonel Cockburn was sent towards Pune. The British were roundly defeated at the Battle of Wargaum (Wadgaon) and forced to sign a treaty relinquishing all territory acquired after 1775. Warren Hastings rejected this treaty and sent another force under Colonel Goddard. After a series of victories the British prevailed and the Treaty of Salbai was signed in 1782.

Pune Expeditionary Force

Colonel Charles Egerton commanding

  • 591 European troops
  • 2,278 Sepoys
  • 500 gun lascars

Bengal Relief Force

Col Leslie (succeeded by Col Thomas Goddard) commanding

  • 1st Btn of Bengal Native Infantry (900 men)
  • 2nd Btn of Bengal Native Infantry (900 men)
  • 4th Btn of Bengal Native Infantry (900 men)
  • 5th Btn of Bengal Native Infantry (900 men)
  • 6tht Btn of Bengal Native Infantry (900 men)
  • 7th Btn of Bengal Native Infantry (900 men)
  • One Regiment of Native Cavalry
  • One Company of Gholundauz (Native Artillery) (100)
  • Nawab of Oudh Candahar Horse (500)

*Total 6,600 fighting men with 103 European officers

  • Servanst and followers 19,000
  • Bazaar Department 12,000

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Thomas Goddard (1740?-1783)
Warren Hastings (1732-1818)
Nana Farnavis (1741?-1800)
William Popham (1740-1821)

External Links

Maratha Empire Wikipedia
First Anglo-Maratha War 1777-82 Wikipedia