2nd Maratha War

2nd Maratha War
1803-05
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Combatants:
East India Company	Maratha Empire
Result: British victory
Medals: Army of India Medal 1799-1826 Clasps: Allighur, Battle of Delhi, Assaye, Asseerghur, Laswarree, Argaum, Gawilghur, Defence of Delhi, Battle of Deig, Capture of Deig
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Summary

The British became involved in a power struggle within the Maratha government partly to counter increasing French influence. The Marathas were defeated at a series of battles by Lord Lake and Arthur Wellesley and the Treaties of Deogaon and Anjangaon ceded large areas of territory to the British.

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:

• Gerard Lake (1744-1808)
• William Monson (1760-1807)
• Perron (Pierre Cuillier) (1755-1834)
• Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852)

External Links

• Maratha Empire Wikipedia
• 2nd Maratha War 1803-05 Wikipedia
• Blogs and books (historical fiction) by Bernard Cornwell
  • Blogs
    • Battle of Assaye bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com
    • Siege of Gawilghurbernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com
  • Books
    • Sharpe's Triumph: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803. Volume 2 of a trilogy. FIBIS Shop details, but not currently available from Amazon.co.uk
    • Sharpe's Fortress: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803. Volume 3 of a trilogy. Available from the FIBIS Shop through Amazon.co.uk
    • For Volume 1 of the trilogy, set in Seringapatam in 1799, refer 4th Mysore War

Historical Books on-line

• A History of the Mahrattas Volume 3, 1784-1819 by James Grant Duff 1826 Google Books. Also Volume 1 and Volume 2, 1740-1785
• The History of British India Volume 3 (Book 6,1784-1805) by James Mill 1817
• Memoir of the Life and Military Services of Viscount Lake, Baron Lake of Delhi and Laswaree by Col. Hugh Pearse (1908)
• The dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, K. G. during his various campaigns 1799-1818 by Lt-Col Gurwood (1835)
• Military reminiscences: extracted from a journal of nearly forty years' active service in the East Indies Volume 1 by Colonel James Welsh of the Madras Establishment 1830. The First Mahrattah War in 1803 commences page 166. This describes what is generally known as the 2nd Maratha War. The 2nd Mahratha War continues in 1804 from page 210 of the same book.
• Twelve years' military adventure in three quarters of the globe: or, Memoirs of an officer who served in the armies of His Majesty and of the East India Company, between the years 1802 and 1814 Volume 1 by John Blakiston of the Madras Engineers. 1829 Google Books. Involvement in the 2nd Maratha War commences page 62
• War and sport in India, 1802-1806 : an officer's diary by John Pester 1913 Archive.org

Recommended Reading

Galloping guns : the experiences of an officer of the Bengal Horse Artillery during the Second Maratha War 1804-05 by James Young. s.l.: Leonaur, (republished 2008?). Eyewitness to war series. Review in FIBIS Military reading list. Available through Amazon.co.uk from the FIBIS Shop