A sketch map of the Battle of Assaye, fought on 23 September 1803 between the Maratha Confederacy and the British East India Company under Major General Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington) during the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803&ndash1805). The map shows the initial position of the Maratha Army along the River Kaitna and lines near Assaye, and the British positions near Assaye and Pepalgaon, set to attack the redeployed Maratha positions. The Battle of Assaye was the first major victory for the Duke of Wellington, and a decisive one in the war.