Siege of Delhi (1804)

Siege of Delhi
Part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War
Date8–19 October 1804
(1 week, 4 days)
Location
Delhi, India
28°36′45″N 77°17′30″E / 28.61250°N 77.29167°E / 28.61250; 77.29167
Result Siege abandoned
Belligerents
British Empire
Mughal Empire
Maratha Empire
Commanders and leaders
David Ochterlony
Gerard Lake
Shah Alam II		 Yashwantrao Holkar
Strength
c. 2,500[1] 20,000 men [2]
Casualties and losses
Unknown 296 killed
29 wounded[3]

The siege of Delhi (8–19 October 1804) was conducted by the Maratha leader Maharaja Yashwantrao Holkar against the forces of the British East India Company, who were assisting the Mughals in defending Delhi during the Second Anglo-Maratha War. Holkar's main political objective was to bring the Mughal emperor under his control and thus with force of 60,000 cavalry and 15,000 infantry, Holkar confronted the British commanders Lt. Col.s Ochterlony and Burn who were in charge at Delhi. Ochterlony and Burn defied Holkar's attack with great determination where "The important gates - Ajmeri Gate, Kashmiri Gate, and Lahori Gate - saw stiff fighting." Holkar abandoned the siege after reinforcements led by Gerard Lake arrived on 18 October.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Humbley, William Wellington Waterloo (1854). "The Defence of Delhi". Journal of a Cavalry Officer. only one corps of Native Infantry, the rest being irregulars, not above 2,500 men altogether.
  2. ↑ John Clark Marshman, The History of India from the Earliest Period to the Close of Lord Dalhousie's Administration, vol. II (London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1867), p. 171.
  3. 1 2 Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 92. ISBN 9788131300343.


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