Assaye

Assaye, an Indian village in the extreme north-east of the Nizam's dominions, 43 miles N.E. of Aurungabad, the scene of a decisive victory gained by General Wellesley, afterwards Duke of Wellington, 23d September 1803, with 4500 men, over a Mahratta force of 50,000 under Sindia and the rajah of Berar. About a third of Wellesley's small force was killed or wounded, while 12,000 of the enemy fell. The victory was the first great blow to the Mahratta supremacy.