Battle of Farrukhabad facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Battle of Farrukhabad
Part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War
Date 14 November 1804 Location Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, India 27°22′N 79°38′E / 27.37°N 79.63°E / 27.37; 79.63 Result Maratha victory
Belligerents
Maratha Empire	East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Yashwantrao Holkar	Gerard Lake

The Battle of Farrukhabad (14 November 1804) was an engagement during the Second Anglo-Maratha War between forces of the British East India Company and the forces of Yashwantrao Holkar of the Maratha Empire.

Battle

The battle took place at Farrukhabad in what is now Uttar Pradesh, India. The Company's forces, led by General Gerard Lake, surprised Holkar's forces after making forced marches of more than 60 miles (97 km) in the preceding 24 hours.

Lake "attacked the Maratha camp where the soldiers were still sleeping off the effects of the previous night's revelry." Holkar himself very narrowly escaped capture in the attack. The battle ended in a Maratha victory and the British forces were routed.

Geography

Farrukhabad is one of the three tehsils in the Farrukhabad District of the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India.