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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[2nd Maratha War]]
|date=17 10-18 October 1803 |location=[[Agra]] , Uttar Pradesh
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=27.179700,78.021400&z=15&t=h&hl=en 27.179700°N 78.021400°E]
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathas Marathas]
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Lake,_1st_Viscount_Lake [Gerard Lake|General Gerard Lake]] |commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Cuillier-Perron General Perron]
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1= 800 killed and wounded|casualties2= 7,000 killed<br>2,000 prisoners
}}
== Summary ==
This was two separate actions:
:'''10 October:''' 3 battalions of Bourquin's Delhi army and 4 battalions of [[Pierre Perron|General Perron]]'s Coel army
:'''14-18 October:''' Agra garrison of 4,500 under Colonel Hessing<br>
Sindia's army of 9,000 retreated west when their European officers surrendered.
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/242/mode/1up Gerard Lake (1744-1808)]<br>
[[Image:Agra, The Fort, Delhi Gate.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Agra Fort : Delhi Gate]]
== External Links ==
[http://bookswww.googleheritage-history.cocom/www/heritage.uk/booksphp?idDir=cVMOAAAAQAAJwars&printsecFileName=frontcoverwars_mahratta.php Maratha Wars] www.heritage-history.com<br>[http://www.hat.net/album/asia/india/05_cities_and_maharajas/29_agra/detail053.htm#PPR3,M1 Google Books - History Plan of the MarathasAgra Fort]www.hat.net<br>[http://wwwen.wikipedia.heritageorg/wiki/Agra Agra, Uttar Pradesh] Wikipedia<br> ==== Historical books on-history.comline ====[http:/www/heritagebooks.google.co.phpuk/books?Dirid=oXeDwk-8cWYC&pg=PA247&dq=Aligurh&as_brr=wars1&FileNameei=wars_mahratta.php Heritage msJHSLyFBpjSigHr57zsBA History - Maratha Warsof the Marathas]Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7mUBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA334&dq=general+Lake&ei=3NOMR9CaFpKetAOK7rjQBQ#PPA334,M1 Google Books - Capture of Agra Fort]Google Books<br>''The decisive battles of India from 1746 to 1849 inclusive New 4th ed. by G.B. Malleson 1914'' [http://www.hatarchive.netorg/albumstream/asiacu31924023646528#page/indian319/05_cities_and_maharajasmode/29_agra/detail053.htm# Plan of 2up Actions at Agra Fort]<br>[http://enwww.wikipediaarchive.org/wiki/Agra Wikipedia - Agra, Uttar Pradesh] {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
[[Category:Battles|Agra, Battle of 1803]]
[[Category:2nd Maratha War|Agra, Battle of 1803]]
