"23pxBritish East India Company" . . . "British victory" . "24,000" . "*Daulat\u3000Rao Scindia" . . "Siege of Ahmadnagar"@en . . . . "The Siege of Ahmednagar was the first battle of the Second Anglo-Maratha War fought between the Maratha Confederacy and the British East India Company.When he determined that a long defensive war would ruin his army, Wellesley decided to act boldly to defeat the numerically larger force of the Maratha Empire."@en . "border|23pxMaratha Confederacy:" . . . "Unknown" . "1803-08-12Z"^^ .