from Delhi. This powerful force made no attempt to prevent the capture of Agra by Lord Lake, its object being to recover Delhi, the recapture of which was regarded by Sindhia as the first importance to his prestige. General Lake marched westward from Agra on 27 October 1803, against this force, which was known to be near Kathumar, a place 27 miles (about 43 km) north-west of Bharatpur. When he reached here on 31 October in the evening, he learnt that the enemy had left the place that very morning and retreated northwards. Lake was joined on 29 October by Ahmad Bakhsh Khan, the Vakil of the Alwar ruler, with a body of troops and contingent of Meos, who gave useful help in providing supplies and furnishing information about the movement of the Marathas. The Marathas after bombarding Kathumar in the afternoon of 29 October, stayed there till they heard of the advance of Lake. They marched northwards with the intention of entrenching themselves in the strong fort of Kishangarh but were overtaken on 1 November by Lake at Laswari, east of the city of Alwar, on the banks of Ruparel. A well manoeuvred attack coupled with Lake's presence of mind and his son's extraordinary gallantry, brought the Marathas on the brink of complete annihilation. The casualty on the side of the vanquished was heavy-700 men killed and 2,000 prisoners. The British losses were about 800 casualties. References Laswari Laswari 1803 Laswari 1803 1803 in India Laswari 1803 November 1803 events