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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Lake,_1st_Viscount_Lake General Lord Lake ] wanted to contain the forces of Jeshwant [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yashwantrao_Holkar Jaswant Rao Holkar ] in Malwa and ordered [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101018993/ Lt-Colonel William Monson ] with five battalions of native troops to guard the Bundi and Lasheri passes. Encouraged by local support at Kotah, Monson advanced further south extending his lines of communication and supply. He was hoping to meet up with Colonel Murray moving north with a force from General Wellesley's army. Unable to make contact with Murray and realising the threat from Holkar's forces, Monson decided to retreat. He was harried all the way back to Kotah, lost considerable numbers of men and much baggage at the Mej and Bunaas River crossings, and finally straggled back to Agra a defeated rabble. Of the more than 10,000 in Monson's original force, only a few hundred survived. <br>

== Monson's Field Force =='''1st Umballa BrigadeMonson's Detachment'''<br>''Brig Halifax, 75th Queen's Regiment''*2nd Btn 2nd Bengal Native Infantry*[[75th Regiment of Foot|75th Queen's Regiment]]2nd Btn 8th Bengal Native Infantry under Lt-Col Don*[[1st & 2nd Btn 12th Bengal (European) Fusiliers|1st Native Infantry*2nd Btn 21st Bengal Europeans]]Native Infantry*One troop of Horse Coy European Artillery<br>'''2nd Umballa Brigade'''<br>''Brig Jones, 60th Royal Rifles'':*Two 12-pounders:*One wing of [[60th Regiment of Foot|60th Royal Rifles]]Ten 6-pounders:*Two squadrons of [[9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers|9th Lancers]]Six galloper guns*One squadron of [[4th Bengal Lancers]]3,000 Irregular Horse under Lt Lucan, 74th Regt*One Troop of 1,500 Maratha Horse Artillery<br>under Bapuji Sindhia'''Meerut BrigadeReinforcements from Agra'''<br>*2nd Btn 9th Bengal Native Infantry under Lt-Col M''Brig A Wilson, Royal Artillery''Culloch*One wing of [[60th Regiment of Foot|60th Royal Rifles]]1st Btn 14th Bengal Native Infantry under Lt-Col Ashe*Two squadrons A body of [[6th Dragoon Guards|Carabineers]]Irregular Horse*One Field BatterySix guns == Biographies ==*One troop Entries in the Dictionary of Horse ArtilleryIndian Biography 1906:<br>*Native Sappers[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/242/mode/1up Gerard Lake (1744-1808)]<br>*120 Siege Artillerymen[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/296/mode/1up Wiliam Monson (1760-1807)]<br>