Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills
Page created 1 September 2000. Corrected and updated 26.03.2006
Second
Mahratta War
1803-1806
  Causes
  Chronology
  Results
  Forces & Casualties
  Commanders
  Battles & Battle Honours 		  Order of  Battle
  Campaign Medals
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   Causes

     

   Chronology (except battles, which see below)
 
 
 
   Results

     

   Forces and Casualties
 
 
peak forces
total forces
total dead
KIA
NCD
civilian dead
WIA
PW-MIA
  subtotal
  TOTAL
                   
 
 
   Commanders
 
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   Battles & Battle Honours
Index of Battle Honours
 
Date Battles
(Battle Honours are shown in bold face) 		Regiments
(regiments awarded Battle Honours are shown in bold face)
Note: Battle Honours were awarded as noted below.
signifies clasp to campaign medal.
1803 Aug. 8 Ahmednuggar
Cav: LD19 Inf: F74 F78
 
1803 Aug. 29 Broach
Inf: F61(wing) F86
 
1803 Sep. 4
Ally Ghur
(aka: Aligarh); awarded
1886; clasp: "Allighur"
Cav: LD24 Inf: F76
 
1803 Sep. 11
Delhi 1803
EIC award 1829; British award 1886; date added 1911) clasp: "Battle of Delhi"
Cav: LD24 Inf: F76
 
1803 Sep. 23
Assaye
with Elephant badge; EIC
award 1803; British award 1807; clasp: "Assye"
Cav: LD19 Arty: AssayeBty
Inf: F74 F78
  • Assaye, by Claudia Urbanovsky and Medienagentur Goerden (Fields of Glory - Wellington's Battles)
1803 Oct. 14 Barrabatta
(aka: Barrubatta)
Inf: F22
Inf: ME1
 
1803 Oct. 18 Agra
Cav: LD8 LD25 Inf:
 
1803 Oct. 18-20
Asseerghur
Inf: F94
 
1803 Nov. 1
Leswaree
with Elephant badge,
awarded 1808
Cav: LD25
Leswaree
with Star badge & motto "Lake and Victory", awarded 1829
Inf: B31
Leswaree
EIC award 1829 (changed
from "Laswaree" 1911); British award 1825-86; clasp: "Laswaree"
Cav: LD8 LD24 Inf: F76
 
1803 Nov. 28
Argaum
Cav: LD19 Inf: F74 F78 F94
 
1803 Dec. 14
Gawilghur
Inf: F74 F78 F94
 
1804 Oct. 8-14
Defence of Delhi
 
   
 
1804 Nov. 13
Battle of Deig
 
1804 Dec. 11-23
Capture of Deig
Cav: LD8
1804 Nov. 13-
   1804 Dec. 24
Deig
awarded 1826-1829
Cav: LD8 Inf: F22 F76
Cav:
Inf: BE1
 
  Aurungabad
Cav: LD8
 
1804 Nov. 17 Farakhabad
Cav: LD8 LD24 LD25 Inf: F22
 
1805 Jan. 9-
   1805 Feb. 23		 Bhurtpore 1805
Cav: LD8 Inf: F22 F65 F73 F75 F76 F86
Cav:
Inf: BE1
 
1805 Jan. 23 Combir
Cav: LD24
 
1805 Mar. 2 Afzalghar
Cav: LD8 LD24 LD25
 
1803-1805 Mahratta war
Cav: LD8 LD19 LD24 LD25
Inf: F22 F61 F65 F73 F75 F76 F74 F78 F80 F86 F94
Cav:
Inf: BE1
 
Gujerat, 1811-1815
1811-1812 Kathiawar
Inf: 2/F56(det) F65 1/F84
 
1814-1815 Kutch
Inf: F65 1/F84
 
South Mahratta Operations, 1812
1812 Fort Callinger
Inf: 1/F53
 

General Service Honours for India, 1780-1826
see also:
2nd Mysore War, 1780-1784
3rd Mysore War, 1789-1792
Pondicherry, 1793
4th Mysore War, 1799

South India, 1800-1809
2nd Mahratta War, 1803-1806
Mahratta operations, 1811-15

Bundelkhund, 1807, 1809
Travancore Rebellion, 1809
3rd Mahratta War, 1817-1819
Jat War, 1825-1826

India
awarded 1823-36
Inf:  1/F86(1799-1819)
India 1796-1819
awarded 1826,
dates added 1912
Inf:  1/F84
India
(with Royal Tiger)
awarded 1807-38
Inf:  1/F65(1802-1822) 1/F75(1791-1806)
Hindoostan
awarded 1821-37
Cav: LD8(1802-1822)
Hindoostan
(with Elephant)
awarded 1808
Cav: LD24(1803-1819)
Hindoostan
(with Elephant & Howdah)
awarded 1806, Elephant added 1807, Howdah added later
Cav: Inf:  1/F76(1788-1806)
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Introduction to Regiments
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