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The Battle of Assaye occurred 23rd September 1803 near the village of Assaye in south-central India.
Governor General Lord Richard Wellesley ordered his younger brother General Arthur Wellesley, who would later to become Duke of Wellington, to command a British and Sepoy force of 13,500 men to the south-central part of the
Indian peninsula. The forces of the Prince of Scindia and the
Prince of Berar had taken
position between the Kaitna and the Juah rivers; a position that the princes thought would be
only attacked from across the Kaitna.
Nearby, Wellesley found a place to ford the river near the village of Assaye. After fording the river, he attacked a flank of the princes' army. This maneuver shattered the
combined forces and the armies of the princes fled. The casualties of the princes' forces numbered about 6,000 men, while the
British lost approximately 1,500.
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