Siege of Deeg explained

Conflict:Siege of Deeg
Partof:The Second Anglo-Maratha War
Date:11-24 December, 1804
Place:Deeg fort
Territory:British troops capture Deeg Fort
Result:British victory
Combatant1: British East India Company
Combatant2: Bharatpur State
Maratha Empire
Commander1: General Lake
Commander2: Unknown Unknown
Casualties1:227 troops
Casualties2:Unknown

The siege of Deeg (11–24 December 1804) was a siege of the main fort at Deeg, now in the Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, India, then within the Bharatpur Kingdom. Forces of the British East India Company, led by General Lake, captured the fort from its Marathan defenders.

The siege started on 20 November, the bombardment on 13 December, and a breach made at Shahburz, a salient on the southwest side of the fort, on 23 December. A three-pronged attack took place that night and the Marathas retreated to Bharatpur on the 24th. The British suffered 227 casualties.[1]

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  1. Book: Naravane, M.S. . Battles of the Honorourable East India Company . A.P.H. Publishing Corporation . 2014 . 9788131300343 . 93.