Battle of Gawilghur: Difference between revisions

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Battle of Gawilghur
Part of the 2nd Maratha War
Date:	15 December 1803
Location:	Gawilgarh, Chikalda, Maharashtra
Presidency:	Madras
Co-ordinates:	21.399677°N 77.321720°E
Result:	British victory
Combatants
East India Company	Marathas
Commanders
Colonel Arthur Wellesley	Rajah of Berar
Strength

Casualties

Maratha Wars Heritage History
History of the Marathas Google Books
Berar Province Wikipedia
Siege of Gawilgarh Google Books
Siege of Gawilghur bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com (see also the Fiction and poetry reading list for Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe book on this battle)

The Life of Field-Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington Vol I by Charles Duke Yonge 1860 Siege of Gawilghur

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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berar_Province Berar Province] Wikipedia<br>
 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xn8BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA583&dq=Gawilghur&ei=X5Q5SLmrLYKWzATrzfyiDw#PPA583,M1 Siege of Gawilgarh] Google Books<br>
-[http://bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/06/india-sharpes-fortress.html Siege of  Gawilghur] bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com. 	Bernard Cornwell wrote  ''Sharpe's Fortress: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803'' , a book of historical fiction.  Available from the  [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/0006510310 FIBIS Shop] through Amazon.co.uk
+[http://bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/06/india-sharpes-fortress.html Siege of Gawilghur] bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com (see also the [[Fiction and  poetry reading list]]  for Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe book on this battle)
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