The Peninsular War and the Napoleonic Wars across Europe are
subjects of such enduring interest that they have prompted
extensive research and writing. Yet other campaigns, in what was a
global war, have been largely ignored. Such is the case for the war
in India which persisted for much of the French Revolutionary and
Napoleonic periods and peaked in the years 1798?1805 with the
campaigns of Arthur Wellesley - later the Duke of Wellington - and
General Lake in the Deccan and Hindustan. That is why this new
study by Martin Howard is so timely and important. While it fully
acknowledges Wellington's vital role, it also addresses the nature
of the warring armies, the significance of the campaigns of Lake in
North India, and leaves the reader with an understanding of the
human experience of war in the region. For this was a brutal
conflict in which British armies clashed with the formidable forces
of the Sultan of Mysore and the Maratha princes. There were
dramatic pitched battles at Assaye, Argaum, Delhi and Laswari, and
epic sieges at Seringapatam, Gawilghur and Bhurtpore. The British
success was not universal.
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