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Battle of Laswari
Part of theSecond Anglo-Maratha War
The8th Light Dragoons at the battle
Date 1 November 1803 Location Laswari village, nearAlwar,Rajasthan Result British victory
Belligerents
British East India Company	Maratha Confederacy
Commanders and leaders
Gerard Lake	Ambaji Ingle Daulat Rao Sindhia Raghoji II
Strength
10,000	9,000 Infantry 5,000 Cavalry
Casualties and losses
"Slightly over 800"[1]	Around 1,000 killed[1]

TheBattle of Laswari took place on 1 November 1803 near Laswari village,Alwar.^[2] It was part of theSecond Anglo-Maratha War.

The British underGerard Lake were anxious to finish the war by neutralizing the last substantial force that the Maratha confederacy possessed, consisting of twelve battalions of regular infantry trained by the adventurer Chevalier Dudrenec. Dudrenec deserted the Marathas and command fell onto Ambaji Ingle, a veteranMaratha officer.

Lake decided to dispense first with his artillery and later with his infantry in a series of forced marches to catch up with the Maratha force. Lake initially encountered the enemy force with just three brigades of cavalry, but the British troopers by repeated charges were able to contain theMaratha Army until the British infantry arrived.

The British units, commanded by Lake, were about 10,000 men strong, opposingSindhia's force of 9,000 veteraninfantry and 5,000cavalry under the command ofAmbaji Ingle. The British units were also supported by additional allied troops fromAlwar.

TheMaratha infantry made a most gallant defence, standing their ground until the survivors laid down their arms. The cavalry also suffered heavily. The British captured 72 guns and a large quantity of ammunition and stores. Lake later wrote, "I never was in so severe a business in my life or anything like it… these fellows fought like devils, or rather like heroes".^[3]

"The casualties on both sides were very heavy. The Company lost many officers, including Maj. Gen. Weir, Col. Vandeleur and Maj. Griffith. Lake's son was also killed."^[4]

On 17 December 1803, Raghuji Bhonsale (II) ofNagpur signed the Treaty of Deogaon with the British after the Battle of Laswari and gave up the province ofCuttack includingBalasore.

• Cooper, Randolf G.S. (2003).The Anglo-Maratha Campaigns and the Contest for India: The Struggle for Control of the South Asian Military Economy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 200–206.ISBN 978-0-521-82444-6.

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