Siege Of Aligarh
Aligarh Fort, one of the strongest forts in India, was fortified and commanded by a French mercenary officer Pierre Perron. It was laid under siege on 1 September 1803, by the British 76th Regiment, now known as the Yorkshire Regiment, under General Lord Gerard Lake. It was captured from the Marathas and French on 4 September 1803. During the assault, fourteen ditches were lined with sword-blades and poisoned chevaux-de-frise around the fort by the French soldiers. The then Duke of Wellington declared the capture as "One of the most extraordinary feats of the British conquest of Northern India".
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References
- ^ Holman, Dennis (1961). Sikander Sahib; Life Of Colonel James Skinner 1778 - 1841. Heinemann. p. 80.
- ^ Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 75. ISBN 9788131300343.
- ^ Thackeray, William Makepeace (2013). The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan Chapter 2. CreateSpace. ISBN 978-1490979120. Archived from the original on 23 June 2007.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Butalia, Ramesh C. (1998). The Evolution of the Artillery in India. Allied. p. 239. ISBN 9788170238720. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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