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3 unusual facts about Gerard Lake


Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake

Cornwallis, however, died in October of the same year and Lake pursued Holkar into the Punjabbut by seeing the stronger position of Yashwanrao Holker and his effort to gather all Indian princes under one flag against British, British East India Company signed treaty with Yashwantrao Holker of peace making and given back Holker all his territory with full power of sovereignty with no interference British East India Company.

This defeat, followed a few days later by Major-General Arthur Wellesley's victory at the Battle of Argaon, compelled Scindia to come to terms, and a treaty was signed in December 1803.

Sir Shah Sulaiman Hall

With Aligarh Fort, it was also fortified and commanded by Perron till the Battle of Ally Ghur in the year of 1802, when it was laid under siege by the British 76th Regiment, now known as the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, under General Lord Gerard Lake.


Aligarh Fort

During the Battle of Ally Ghur, it was captured from the Marathas under the leadership of a French officer Perron by Lord Gerard Lake's British army, in September 1803, since which time it has been much strengthened and improved.

Throne of Jahangir

When the Army of the British East India Company first attacked the Agra Fort in 1803 under General Gerard Lake, a cannonball fired by the artillery struck the Takht, but did not manage to destroy it.


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