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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 776 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ASSAYE  , a

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village of
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Hyderabad or the
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Nizam's Dominions, in
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southern
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India, just beyond the
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Berar frontier . The
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place is celebrated as the site of a
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battle fought on the 23rd of
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September 1803 between the combined Mahratta forces under Sindhia and the rajah of Berar and the
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British under
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Major-
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General
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Wellesley, afterwards the
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duke of
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Wellington . The Mahratta force consisted of 50,000 men, supported by rob pieces of
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cannon served by
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French artillerymen, and entrenched in "a strong ,position . Against this the
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English had but a force of 4500 men, which, however, after a severe struggle, gained the most
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complete victory that ever crowned British valour in India .. Of the enemy 12,0oo were killed and wounded; and General Wellesley lost 1657—one-third of his little force—killed and wounded . Assaye is 261 m.
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north-
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west of Hyderabad .

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