The siege of Deeg (11–24 December 1804) was a siege of the main fort at Deeg, now in the Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, India, then within the Bharatpur Kingdom. Forces of the British East India Company, led by General Lake, captured the fort from its Marathan defenders.

Siege of Deeg
Part of The Second Anglo-Maratha War
Date11-24 December, 1804
Location
Result British victory
Territorial
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British troops capture Deeg Fort
Belligerents
British East India Company

Bharatpur State
Maratha Empire

Commanders and leaders
General Lake

Unknown

Unknown
Casualties and losses
227 troops Unknown
c. 1865-June 1866 photograph of the Deeg fort by Samuel Bourne
Operations against Fortress of Deig, 1804

The siege started on 20 November, the bombardment on 13 December, and a breach made at Shahburz, a salient on the southwest side of the fort, on 23 December. A three-pronged attack took place that night and the Marathas retreated to Bharatpur on the 24th. The British suffered 227 casualties.[1]

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  1. ^ Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 93. ISBN 9788131300343.