Battle of Deeg
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| Battle of Deeg | |||||||
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| Part of The Second Anglo-Maratha War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 British East India Company |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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General Fraser (WIA) |
 Yashwantrao Holkar Ranjit Singh of Bharatpur | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Unknown number of troops 160 guns | Unknown number of troops | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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87 guns captured by the Marathas and Jats 643 killed or wounded | About 2000 dead or wounded | ||||||
| This battle resulted in Siege of Deeg | |||||||
The Battle of Deeg, fought on 13 November 1804, took place outside
Hindu Jats led by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Fraser was himself mortally wounded in the attack. The Marathas captured about 87 guns of the enemy's 160. British casualties were over 640 killed or wounded. Maratha casualties were estimated at over 2,000.[citation needed
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"The British loss was heavy - 643 killed and wounded", including General Fraser.[1]
The action was followed up by a
Siege of Deeg Fort
(11 – 24 December 1804).
In fiction
- The battle and ensuing siege (together with statistics culled from Duff) are briefly described in G.A.Henty's 1902 book, At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War
References
- ISBN 9788131300343.
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