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 the Bhonsles of Berar and the Scindias of Gwalior.

Battle of Argaon
Part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War

Plan of the Battle of Argaon
Date28 November 1803
Location
Adgaon, Akola District, India
21°04'49"N 76°56'37"E
Result British victory
Belligerents
British East India Company Maratha Confederacy
Commanders and leaders
Arthur Wellesley Raghoji II Bhonsle
Daulat Rao Scindia
Strength
11,000

40,000

  • 30,000 cavalry
  • 10,000 infantry
Casualties and losses
345[1] 5,000+[2]

Prelude

After Raghoji II Bhonsle and Daulat Rao Scindia were defeated at the Battle of Laswari, they moved south on 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.[3]

See also

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. Clodfelter, M. (2008). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492–2015 (3rd ed.). Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0786474707.. Page 235.
  3. 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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