Battle of Farrukhabad

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Battle of Farrukhabad
Part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War
Date14 November 1804
Location
Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Result Maratha victory[1]
Belligerents
Maratha Empire East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Yashwantrao Holkar Gerard Lake

The Battle of Farrukhabad (14 November 1804) was an engagement during the Second Anglo-Maratha War between forces of the British East India Company and the forces of Yashwantrao Holkar of the Maratha Empire.[2]

Battle[]

The battle took place at Farrukhabad in what is now Uttar Pradesh, India.[a] The Company's forces, led by General Gerard Lake, surprised Holkar's forces after making forced marches of more than 60 miles (97 km) in the preceding 24 hours.[3]

Lake "...attacked the Maratha camp where the soldiers were still sleeping off the effects of the previous night's revelry." Holkar himself very narrowly escaped capture in the attack.[4] The battle ended in a Maratha victory and the British forces were routed.[5]

Geography[]

Farrukhabad is one of the three tehsils in the Farrukhabad District of the State of Uttar Pradesh in northern India.

Notes[]

  1. ^ It is also known as the Battle of Fatehgarh after the town of Fatehgarh which is the administrative headquarters of the district and at that time contained a fort with military significance.
  1. ^ Eraly, Abraham. The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors. p. 259.
  2. ^ Eraly, Abraham. The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors. p. 259.
  3. ^ Eraly, Abraham. The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors. p. 259.
  4. ^ Eraly, Abraham. The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors. p. 259.
  5. ^ Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 93. ISBN 9788131300343.

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