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|partof=[[2nd Maratha War]]
|date=17 10-18 October 1803
|location=[[Agra]], Uttar Pradesh
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathas Marathas]
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Lake,_1st_Viscount_Lake General Gerard Lake]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Cuillier-Perron General Perron]
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1= 800 killed and wounded
|casualties2= 7,000 killed<br>2,000 prisoners
}}
== Summary ==
This was two separate actions against:
:'''10 October:''' 3 battalions of Bourquin's Delhi army and 4 battalions of Perron's Coel army
:'''14-18 October:''' Agra garrison of 4,500 under Colonel Hessing<br>
Sindia's army of 9,000 retreated west when their European officers surrendered.
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/242/mode/1up Gerard Lake (1744-1808)]<br>
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cVMOAAAAQAAJoXeDwk-8cWYC&printsecpg=frontcover#PPR3,M1 Google Books - PA247&dq=Aligurh&as_brr=1&ei=msJHSLyFBpjSigHr57zsBA 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]www.heritage-history.com<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7mUBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA334&dq=general+Lake&ei=3NOMR9CaFpKetAOK7rjQBQ#PPA334,M1 Google Books - Capture of Agra Fort]Google Books<br>[http://www.hat.net/album/asia/india/05_cities_and_maharajas/29_agra/detail053.htm# Plan of Agra Fort]www.hat.net<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agra Wikipedia - Agra, Uttar Pradesh] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023646528#page/n319/mode/2up Actions at Agra] www.archive.org
[[Category:Battles|Agra, Battle of 1803]]
[[Category:2nd Maratha War|Agra, Battle of 1803]]
