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'''This event Lt-Colonel Monson's advance and retreat''' was part of the [[2nd Maratha War]]'''. 

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Lake,_1st_Viscount_Lake [Gerard Lake|General Lord Gerard Lake]] wanted to contain the forces of [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 [[Arthur Wellesley|General Arthur Wellesley]]'s army. Unable to make contact with Murray and realising the threat from Holkar's forces, Monson decided to retreatto the Mokandara Pass. He His rearguard of 2,000 cavalry and 500 Rajputs under Captain Lucan was annihilated by Holkar's 20,000 horse. Monson was harried all the way back to Kotah, where he was denied assistance by the Rajah. He lost considerable numbers of men and much baggage at the Mej and Bunaas River crossings, and finally straggled arrived back to at [[Agra ]] with a defeated rabble. Of the more than 10,000 in Monson's original force, only a few hundred survived. <br>

'''Monson's Detachment'''<br>*2nd Btn [[2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|2nd Bengal Native Infantry]]*2nd Btn [[8th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|8th Bengal Native Infantry ]] under Lt-Col Patrick Don*1st & 2nd Btn [[12th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|12th Bengal Native Infantry]]*[[5th Regiment of Bengal (Light) Infantry|2nd Btn 21st Bengal Native Infantry]]

*3,000 Irregular Horse under Lt Lucan, [[74th RegtRegiment of Foot|74th Regiment]]

'''Reinforcements from Agra'''<br>*[[1st Regiment of Brahman Infantry|2nd Btn 9th Bengal Native Infantry ]] under Lt-Col M'Culloch*1st Btn [[14th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|14th Bengal Native Infantry ]] under Lt-Col Ashe

[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/296/mode/1up Wiliam William Monson (1760-1807)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/445/mode/1up Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852)]<br>

[http://webwww.archivenapoleon-series.org/webmilitary/20060206050655battles/defencejournalc_monson.com/2000/jan/dehlihtml Monson's Retreat] www.napoleon-campaignseries.htm The Delhi Campaign] Article by Maj Agha Humayun Aminorg<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GrICAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA121&dq=Delhi+Campaign+1857&as_brr=3#vHistorical Books on-line =onepage&q=Delhi%20Campaign%201857&f=false 1st Bengal European Fusiliers in the Delhi Campaign] Google Books<br>[http://www.columbiaarchive.eduorg/itcstream/mealac/pritchettcu31924064123262#page/00maplinksn303/colonialmode/delhi18572up/delhi1857max.jpg Map of Delhi 1857-58Monson's Advance and Retreat] www.columbiaarchive.edu<br>[http://books.google.com/books?id=VfgdAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA295&dq=Siege+of+Delhi:+Final+Operations%2BAnson%2BReed%2BWilson%2BBarnard&ei=f0PDSueDGYmONfbWjOID#v=onepage&q=Siege%20of%20Delhi%3A%20Final%20Operations%2BAnson%2BReed%2BWilson%2BBarnard&f=false Siege of Delhi] Google Booksorg[[Category:Delhi Campaign| Delhi Campaign]][[Category:Indian Mutiny2nd Maratha War| Delhi CampaignMonson's Advance and Retreat]][[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle MapsMonson's Advance and Retreat|Delhi Campaign]]