The Highland Light Infantry The Charge Of The Mahratta Cavalry At Assaye

The Highland Light Infantry. The Charge of the Mahratta Cavalry at Assaye', 1803, (1939). The Battle of Assaye occurred on 23 September 1803 near the village of Assaye in south-central India. 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 Daulat Scindia and the Raja of Berar. It was one of the decisive battles of the Second Anglo-Maratha War. From Battles for the Flag, a set of cards given away with British boys' comic The Wizard. [D. C. Thomson & Co., Dundee, 1939]. Artist Unknown. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)