Battle of Argaon

The Battle of Argaon (also known as Battle of Argaum) took place on 29 November 1803, between the British under the command of Major-General Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) and the forces of Bhonsle of Berar and Scindia of Gwalior.

Battle of Argaon
Part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War
Plan of the Battle of Argaon
Date 28 November 1803 Location Adgaon, Akola District, India 21°11' N, 76°96' E Result British victory
Belligerents
British East India Company	Maratha Confederacy
Commanders and leaders
Arthur Wellesley	Raghoji II Bhonsle Daulat Rao Scindia
Casualties and losses
345[1]

Prelude

After Raghoji II Bhonsle and Daulat Rao Scindia was defeated at the Battle of Laswari, they moved off 28 November 1803.

Battle

The next day, three of Wellesley's battalions, which had previously fought well, broke and fled under a cannonade by the Marathas near Sirsoli, three miles south of Adgaon,[lower-alpha 1] and the situation was for a time very serious for the British. Wellesley, however, succeeded in rallying them, and in the end defeated the Marathas, with the loss of all their guns and baggage.[2]

See also

• Second Anglo-Maratha War

Notes

1. Adgaon, known as Argaon during the British Raj

1. Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. pp. 71–72. ISBN 9788131300343.
2. Gazetteer 2006.

References

• "Adgaon", Akola District Gazetteer (online ed.), www.maharashtra.gov.in, December 2006 [1977], archived from the original on 5 March 2016, retrieved 17 November 2014

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