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

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ASSAYE , a See also:

VILLAGE

village of See also:

Hyderabad or the See also:

NIZAM

Nizam's Dominions, in See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

India, just beyond the See also:

BERAR

Berar frontier. The See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place is celebrated as the site of a See also:

BATTLE

battle fought on the 23rd of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1803 between the combined Mahratta forces under Sindhia and the rajah of Berar and the See also:

BRITISH

British under See also:

Major-See also:

General See also:

Wellesley, afterwards the See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

Wellington. The Mahratta force consisted of 50,000 men, supported by rob pieces of See also:

CANNON (a word common to Romance languages, from the Lat. canna, a reed, tube, with the addition of the augmentative termination -on, -one)

cannon served by See also:

French artillerymen, and entrenched in "a strong ,position. Against this the See also:

ENGLISH

English had but a force of 4500 men, which, however, after a severe struggle, gained the most See also:

COMPLETE

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. See also:

north-See also:

west of Hyderabad.

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