Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Deeg (First Mahratta War).

Fought 1780 between the British, 6,000 strong under General Fraser, and the Mahrattas under Holkar of Indore, with 14 battalions of infantry, a numerous cavalry, and 160 guns. The Mahrattas were utterly routed, leaving 87 guns on the field. The British lost 643, including General Fraser, killed.