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|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathas Marathas]  
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Lake,_1st_Viscount_Lake General Gerard Lake]  
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Lake,_1st_Viscount_Lake General Gerard Lake]  
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Cuillier-Perron General Perron]
|commander2=Governor Pedron
|strength1= [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=76th_Regiment_of_Foot HM 76th Regiment of Foot]
|strength1= 2,000 cavalry<br>5,000 infantry<br> incl [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=76th_Regiment_of_Foot HM 76th Regiment of Foot]
|strength2=  
|strength2= 2,000 infantry
|casualties1=
|casualties1= 260 killed and wounded
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== 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>
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Aligarh<br>
Variants: Alighur/Aligurh/Allygurh/Alliegurh<br>
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oXeDwk-8cWYC&pg=PA247&dq=Aligurh&as_brr=1&ei=msJHSLyFBpjSigHr57zsBA 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/Aligarh_fort Wikipedia - Aligarh Fort]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ally_Ghur Wikipedia - Battle of Aligarh]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA25&dq=Allygurh+Gazetteer+of+The+territories+under+the+Government+of+the+East+India+Company%2BCoimbatore&ei=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA25,M1 Allygurh - Gazetteer 1857]
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oXeDwk-8cWYC&pg=PA247&dq=Aligurh&as_brr=1&ei=msJHSLyFBpjSigHr57zsBA 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/Aligarh_fort Wikipedia - Aligarh Fort]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ally_Ghur Wikipedia - Battle of Aligarh]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA25&dq=Allygurh+Gazetteer+of+The+territories+under+the+Government+of+the+East+India+Company%2BCoimbatore&ei=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA25,M1 Allygurh - Gazetteer 1857]

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Battle of Alighur
Part of 2nd Maratha War
Date: 4 September 1803
Location: 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 Governor Pedron
Strength
2,000 cavalry
5,000 infantry
incl HM 76th Regiment of Foot
2,000 infantry
Casualties
260 killed and wounded

Biographies

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

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Aligarh
Variants: Alighur/Aligurh/Allygurh/Alliegurh

External Links

Google Books - History of the Marathas
Heritage History - Maratha Wars
Wikipedia - Aligarh Fort
Wikipedia - Battle of Aligarh
Allygurh - Gazetteer 1857


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76th Regiment of Foot - Article that originally appeared on Cathy Day's website