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'''The battle took place at Patparganj, six miles from Delhi fort'''
[[Category:Battles|Delhi, Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Delhi, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd Maratha War|Delhi, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=the [[2nd Maratha War]]
|partof=the [[2nd Maratha War]]
|date=11 September 1803
|date=11 September 1803
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi Delhi National Capital Territory]
|location=Patparganj, [[Delhi]] National Capital Region
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=28.656233,77.241066&z=15&t=h&hl=en 28.656233°N 77.241066°E]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=28.637422,77.313345&z=10&t=h&hl=en 28.637422°N 77.313345°E]
|result=British victory  
|result=British victory  
|territory=
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathas Marathas]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathas Marathas]
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Lake,_1st_Viscount_Lake General Gerard Lake]
|commander1=[[Gerard Lake|General Gerard Lake]]
|commander2=Louis Bourquin
|commander2=Louis Bourguien
|strength1= 4,500  
|strength1= 4,500  
|strength2= 18,000
|strength2= 18,000
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|casualties2=288 Indians
|casualties2=288 Indians
}}
}}
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/49/mode/1up Louis Bourguien]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/242/mode/1up Gerard Lake (1744-1808)]<br>


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cVMOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPR3,M1 Google Books - History of the Marathas]<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mahratta.php Heritage History - Maratha Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Delhi Wikipedia - Battle of Delhi]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xv5WAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA66&dq=Delhi+1803&as_brr=1&ei=aOk6SPqsLKDsygSy8qHqDw#PRA1-PA66,M1 Google Books - Report on Battle of Delhi]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101015900/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Gerard Lake]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xv5WAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA70&dq=Delhi+1803&as_brr=1&ei=aOk6SPqsLKDsygSy8qHqDw#PRA1-PA72,M1 Google Books - General Lake's casualty report]
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oXeDwk-8cWYC&pg=PA247&dq=Aligurh&as_brr=1&ei=msJHSLyFBpjSigHr57zsBA History of the Marathas] Google Books<br>
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mahratta.php Heritage History - Maratha Wars] www.heritage-history.com<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Delhi Battle of Delhi] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xv5WAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA66&dq=Delhi+1803&as_brr=1&ei=aOk6SPqsLKDsygSy8qHqDw#PRA1-PA66,M1 Report on Battle of Delhi] Google Books<br>
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101015900/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Gerard Lake] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xv5WAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA70&dq=Delhi+1803&as_brr=1&ei=aOk6SPqsLKDsygSy8qHqDw#PRA1-PA72,M1 General Lake's casualty report] Google Books

Latest revision as of 15:48, 24 March 2011

The battle took place at Patparganj, six miles from Delhi fort

Battle of Delhi Sep 1803
Part of the 2nd Maratha War
Date: 11 September 1803
Location: Patparganj, Delhi National Capital Region
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 28.637422°N 77.313345°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Marathas
Commanders
General Gerard Lake Louis Bourguien
Strength
4,500 18,000
Casualties
197 Europeans
173 horses
288 Indians

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Louis Bourguien
Gerard Lake (1744-1808)

External Links

External Links

History of the Marathas Google Books
Heritage History - Maratha Wars www.heritage-history.com
Battle of Delhi Wikipedia
Report on Battle of Delhi Google Books
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Gerard Lake Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
General Lake's casualty report Google Books