books.google.co.uk - Wellington said that of all his battles Assaye, fought during the Second Mahratta War (1803-05) in central India, was 'the bloodiest for the numbers that I ever saw'. A small British force, under Major-General the Honourable Arthur Wellesley (as Wellington was then known), crossed into Mahratta territory...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Assaye_1803.html?id=eeJo7mYz61EC&q=British+cavalry&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareAssaye 1803
