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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[1st Maratha War ]]
|date=12th - 28th December 1774
|location=[[Thana]], Island of Salsette, [[Maharashtra ]] |presidency= [[Bombay]]
|co-ordinates=19 12', 72 59'
|result= British capture Salsette Island and gain full control of Bombay Harbour and the surrounding waterways
|territory=
|combatant1= [[East India Company]]
|combatant2= Maratha Empire
|commander1= Brigadier General Robert Gordon (land forces), Commodore Watson (naval forces)
This was an event during the [[1st Maratha War]].
The [[East India Company]] appointed Thomas Mostyn as envoy to the Peshwa’s court in [[Poona]] 1st April 1772, the aim was to curry favour and to prevent other colonial countries gaining access to [[Bombay]]’s Harbour, and the surrounding waterways. The real intention was to get possession of Salsette Island and the [[Bassein]] port from the [[Maratha]]s
