Two Maratha Infantrymen (standing ramming, kneeling ramming, red turbans & belts), Maratha Infantry, The Maratha Empire, Wellington in India, The Battle of Assaye, 1803--two figures
$90.00
Item Number: M-WIN-32
Two Maratha Infantrymen (standing ramming, kneeling ramming, red turbans & belts), Maratha Infantry, The Maratha Empire, Wellington in India, The Battle of Assaye, 1803
THE MARATHA EMPIRE
ARAB MERCENARY INFANTRY
The Battle of Assaye was a major battle of the Second Anglo-Maratha War fought between the Maratha Empire and the British East India Company. It occurred on 23rd September 1803 near Assaye in Western India where an outnumbered Indian and British force under the command of Major General Arthur Wellesley (who later became the Duke of Wellington) defeated a combined Maratha army of Daulatrao Scindia and the Bhonsle Raja of Berar.
The battle was the Duke of Wellington’s first major victory and the one he later described as his finest accomplishment on the battlefield, even more so than his famous victories in the Peninsular War and his defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo.
Due to be released in MARCH 2023.