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|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathas Marathas]  
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|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Lake,_1st_Viscount_Lake General Gerard Lake]  
|commander1=[[Gerard Lake|General Gerard Lake]]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Cuillier-Perron General Perron]
|commander2=[[Pierre Perron|General Perron]]
|strength1= 5,000 infantry<br>2,500 cavalry
|strength1= 5,000 infantry<br>2,500 cavalry
|strength2= 2,000 infantry<br>8,000 cavalry
|strength2= 2,000 infantry<br>8,000 cavalry

Latest revision as of 16:43, 24 March 2011

Battle of Coel
Part of 2nd Maratha War
Date: 29 August 1803
Location: Near Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 27.893754°N 78.068142°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Marathas
Commanders
General Gerard Lake General Perron
Strength
5,000 infantry
2,500 cavalry
2,000 infantry
8,000 cavalry
Casualties

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Aligarh
Variants: Koil/Coel/Kol

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Gerard Lake (1744-1808)
Perron (Pierre Cuillier) (1755-1834)

External Links

Aligarh Fort Wikipedia
Action at Coel Google Books
Events before Aligarh Google Books


Koil Location
Survey 1920-1946