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Encyclopedia Britannica



ASSAYE

This article appears in Volume V02, Page 776 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ARN-AUD
ASSAYE , a
village
  of Hyderabad or the
Nizam
 's Dominions, in southern India, just beyond the Berar frontier. The place is celebrated as the site of a
battle
  fought on the 23rd of September 1803 between the combined Mahratta forces under Sindhia and the rajah of Berar and the British under Major-General
Wellesley
 , afterwards the duke of
Wellington
 . The Mahratta force consisted of 50,000 men, supported by rob pieces of cannon served by
French
  artillerymen, and entrenched in "a strong ,position. Against this the
English
  had but a force of 4500 men, which, however, after a severe struggle, gained the most
complete
  victory that ever crowned British valour in India.. Of the enemy 12,0oo were killed and wounded; and General Wellesley lost 1657one-third of his little forcekilled and wounded. Assaye is 261 m. north-west of Hyderabad.


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