Capture of Wassota

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Capture of Wassota
Part of 3rd Maratha War
Date: 10 April 1818
Location: Vasota Fort, Maharashtra
Presidency: Bombay
Co-ordinates: 17.6666°N 73.783333°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Marathas
Commanders
Brig-Gen Sir Theophilus Pritzler Killedar of Wassota
Strength
Casualties

Spelling Variants

Modern name:Vasota
Spelling variants:Wassota/Waseeota

Field Force

  • Bombay European Regiment
  • 2nd Battalion 12th Madras Native Infantry
  • 2nd Battalion 7th Madras Native Infantry
  • 2nd Battalion 9th Bombay Native Infantry
  • 2nd Battalion 12th Madras 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

3rd Maratha War Wikipedia
Maratha Wars Heritage History
Attack on Wassota Google Books
Capture of Wassota Google Books
Theophilus Pritzler Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Waseeota Gazetteer 1857