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== Summary ==
The British became involved in a power struggle within the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maratha Maratha] government partly to counter increasing French influence. The Marathas were defeated at a series of battles by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Lake,_1st_Viscount_Lake Lord Lake] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington 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<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/242/mode/1up Gerard Lake (1744-1808)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/334/mode/1up Perron (Pierre Cuillier) (1755-1834)]<br>== External Link Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maratha_Empire Maratha Empire] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Maratha_War 2nd Maratha War 1803-05] Wikipedia
