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[[Image:Assayemap.jpg|thumb|Assaye Location<br>Survey 1920-1946]]
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|partof=the [[2nd Maratha War]]
|date=23 September 1803
|location=[[Assaye]], Maharashtra |presidency=[[Madras Presidency|Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=20.228933,75.907549&z=14&t=h&hl=en 20.228642°N 75.908454°E]
|result=British victory
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathas Marathas]
|commander1=[[Arthur Wellesley|Colonel Arthur Wellesley]]|commander2=[http://enbooks.wikipediagoogle.orgcom/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley%2C_1st_Duke_of_Wellington Colonel Arthur Wellesley]|commander2books?id=EDeFm4WHA7gC&pg=PA27&dq=Order+of+Battle+assaye+1803&ei=Q5j1SP3ACoGSyAT-wfDUCA&sig=ACfU3U3RsL1R3JoXRpxHzgFuI5_E0cpfzQ Col Anton Pohlmann]|strength1= 6,170 infantry<br>1,731 cavalry<br>5,400 irregular cavalry<br>22 cannon|strength2= 16,000 infantry<br>32,000 cavalry<br>245 cannon|casualties1= 409 killed<br>1,211 wounded<br>18 missing |casualties2= Est 1,200 killed<br>Est 3,600-4,800 wounded
}}
[[Image:Assayemap.jpg|thumb|Assaye Location<br>Survey 1920-1946]]
== HEIC Forces ==
British Regiments:
*[[19th Lancers|HM 19th Light Dragoons]]
*[[74th Regiment of Foot|HM 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot]]
*[[78th Regiment of Foot|HM 78th (Highland) Regiment of Foot]]
*[[4th Madras Native Cavalry]]
*[[5th Madras Native Cavalry]]
*[[7th Madras Native Cavalry]]
*[[62nd Punjab Regiment|2nd Madras Native Infantry]]
*[[64th Pioneers|4th Madras Native Infantry]]
*[[72nd Punjab Regiment|8th Madras Native Infantry]]
*[[10th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry|10th Madras Native Infantry]]
*[[72nd Punjab Regiment|12th Madras Native Infantry]] (2nd Battalion)
*Artillery comprising eight 12 pounders, two 5½ inch howitzers and some other pieces.
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/445/mode/1up Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852)]<br>
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cVMOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPR3,M1 Google Books - History of the Marathas]Google Books<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mahratta.php Heritage History - Maratha Wars]Heritage History<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Assaye Wikipedia - Battle of Assaye]Wikipedia<br>[http://www.britishbattles.com/second-mahratta/assaye.htm BritishBattles.com - The Battle of Assaye]BritishBattles.com<br>[http://www.napoleon-series.org/images/military/maps/miscellaneous/assaye.jpg Battle Map] Napoleon Series <br>[http://books.google.com/books?id=EDeFm4WHA7gC&pg=PA27&dq=Order+of+Battle+assaye+1803&ei=Q5j1SP3ACoGSyAT-wfDUCA&sig=ACfU3U3RsL1R3JoXRpxHzgFuI5_E0cpfzQ Battle MapOrder] Simon Millar<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA46&dq=ASSAYE+Gazetteer+of+The+territories+under+the+Government+of+the+East+India+Company%2BCoimbatore&ei=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA46,M1 Assaye] Gazetteer 1857<br>[http://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/10500/10542/10542.htm Battle plan] Maps FCIT<br>[http://bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/07/battle-of-assaye.html Battle of Assaye] bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com (see also the [[Fiction and poetry reading list]] for Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe book on this battle)<br>[http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/battle-assaye The Battle of Assaye]by Richard Cavendish. historytoday.com
====Historical Books on-line ====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023646528#page/n291/mode/2up The Decisive Battles of India : from 1746 to 1849 inclusive - Assaye]
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Wellington in India"'' by Jac Weller ISBN 0 582 12784 x<br>"''Maratha War Papers''" by A Bennell 1998 ISBN 0750920696<br>''"Assaye 1803 Wellington's first and bloodiest victory ''" by Simon Millar ISBN 1-84603-0001-3
[[Category:Battles|Assay, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd Maratha War|Assay, Battle of]]
