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!colspan="2" align="centre" style="background-color:lightsteelblue;color:#black;" |<span style="font-size:12pt;">'''{{{Conflict|{{PAGENAME}}}}}'''</span>
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|colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color:lightsteelblue;"|'''Part of the''' [[2nd Maratha War]]
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|align="left"|'''Date:'''
||{{{Date|September 23, 1803}}}
|- style="border: 1px solid #A9A9A9;" border="1"
|align="left"|'''Location:'''
||{{{Location|[[Assaye]], India}}}
|- style="border: 1px solid #A9A9A9;" border="1"
|align="left"|'''Presidency:'''
||{{{Presidency|Madras}}}
|- style="border: 1px solid #A9A9A9;" border="1"
|align="left"|'''Latitude & Longitude:'''
||{{{Latitude & Longitude |20.250°  75.883°}}}
|- style="border: 1px solid #A9A9A9;" border="1"
|align="left"|'''Result:'''
||{{{result|British Victory}}}
|- style="border: 1px solid #A9A9A9;" border="1"
|colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color:lightsteelblue;"|'''Combatants'''
|- style="border: 1px solid #A9A9A9;" border="1"
|style="border: 1px solid #A9A9A9;" border="1"|{{{combatant1|East India Company}}}
||{{{combatant2|[[Maratha Confederacy]]}}}
|- style="border: 1px solid #A9A9A9;" border="1"
|colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color:lightsteelblue;"|'''Commanders'''
|- style="border: 1px solid #A9A9A9;" border="1"
|style="border: 1px solid #A9A9A9;" border="1"|{{{commander1|Colonel [[Arthur Wellesley]]}}}
||{{{commander2|[[Sindhia]], [[Ragojee Bhonsla]],<br> Colonel [[Pohlmann]]}}}
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|colspan="3" align="center" style="background-color:lightsteelblue;"|'''Strength'''
|- style="border: 1px solid #A9A9A9;" border="1"
|style="border: 1px solid #A9A9A9;" border="1"|{{{strength1|4,500 Infantry <br> 2,000 Cavalry <br> 20 cannons}}}
||{{{strength2|20,000 Infantry <br> 30,000 Cavalry <br> 100 cannons}}}
|- style="border: 1px solid #A9A9A9;" border="1"
|colspan="3" align="center" style="background-color:lightsteelblue;"|'''Casualties'''
|- style="border: 1px solid #A9A9A9;" border="1"
|style="border: 1px solid #A9A9A9;" border="1"|{{{casualties1|428 killed <br> 1,156 wounded}}}
||{{{casualties2|1,200 killed <br> 4,800 wounded <br> 98 cannons lost}}}
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== Recommended Reading ==
[[Category:Locations]]
"''Maratha War Papers''" by A Bennell 1998 ISBN 0750920696
 
''"Wellington in India"'' by Jac Weller ISBN 0 582 12784 x
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishbattles.com/second-mahratta/assaye.htm BritishBattles.com - The Battle of Assaye]
[[Category:Battles]]

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