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[[Category:Battles|Bhurtpore, Siege of]]
[[Category:2nd Maratha War|Bhurtpore, Siege of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=the [[2nd Maratha War]]
|date=Jan3 January-Feb 22 February 1805
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatpur,_India Bharatpur, Rajastan]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=27.2156,77.490153&z=15&t=h&hl=en 27.223213°N 77.497929°E]
|result=British victory defeat
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathas Marathas]
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Lake,_1st_Viscount_Lake [Gerard Lake|General Gerrard Gerard Lake]]
|commander2=Rajah of Bhurtpore
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1= 2334 killed and wounded
|casualties2=
}}
==Also see==*[[Siege of Bhurtpore 1826]]== External Links links ==[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cVMOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPR3,M1 Google Books - History of the Marathas]<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mahratta.php Heritage History - Maratha Wars]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101015900/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Gerard Lake]===Historical books online===*[http://www.google.com/books?id=q94KAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1 "Journal of the Siege of Bhurtpoor"] from ''The British Indian Military Repository Volume 3 1824'' Google Books*[https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor00shiprich/page/n7/mode/2up ''Memoirs of the extraordinary military career of John Shipp, late a lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment''] written by himself. A new illustrated edition with an Introduction by H Manners Chichester 1890 Archive.org. Originally published 1829 in 3 volumes [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor01shipiala/page/n9/mode/2up Volume 1] [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor02shipiala/page/n7/mode/2up Volume 2] [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor03shipiala/page/n7/mode/2up Volume 3] and [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor00ship/page/n5/mode/2up 1843 edition] with a further chapter. Archive.org:He first enlisted in 1797 age 13 (born 1784) and was with the [[22nd Regiment of Foot]] in India, where he took part in the siege of Bhurtpore (page 99) and as a result he was promoted to be an officer in 1805. He sold out in 1808 and re-enlisted and went to India again. In 1815 he was promoted and became an ensign in the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, Chapter 9, commencing page 155. He left India in 1825.
