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Capture of Wassota

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Modern name:Vasota<br>
Spelling variants:Wassota/Waseeota
 
== Field Force ==
*[[1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers|Bombay European Regiment]]
*[[84th Punjab Regiment|2nd Battalion 12th Madras Native Infantry]]
*[[79th Carnatic Infantry|2nd Battalion 7th Madras Native Infantry]]
*[[18th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry|2nd Battalion 9th Bombay Native Infantry]]
*Auxiliary battalion from Poona
*700 Poona Auxiliary Horse
*Four companies of Pioneers
*Four iron 18-pounders
*Two iron 12-pounders
*One 10 inch mortar
*Four 8 inch mortars
*Two heavy 5.5 inch howitzers
*Two brass 12-pounders
*Fourteen field guns and light howitzers
== External Links ==
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mahratta.php Maratha Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://books.google.com/books?id=MCSfySidfVUC&pg=PA480&dq=A+history+of+the+Mahrattas,+Volume+3&hl=en&ei=T77BTL6NLMK5jAfV5clX&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Attack on Wassota] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.com/books?id=vlCOMfk4S2wC&pg=PA295&lpg=PR2#v=onepage&q&f=false Capture of Wassota] Google Books<br>
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101022827/Theophilus-Pritzler Theophilus Pritzler] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&printsecpg=frontcoverPA1009&dq=label:%22gazetteer%22A+gazetteer+of+the+territories+under+the+government+of+the+East-India+Company+1857+Dummow&lrhl=en&ei=3z_FTPWMNpSOjAf115i6BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Waseeota] Gazetteer 1857
[[Category:Battles|Wassota, Capture of]]
[[Category:Reserve Division Campaign|Wassota, Capture of]]
[[Category:3rd Maratha War|Wassota, Capture of]]

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