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

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Mahidpur (Third Mahratta War).

Fought December 21, 1817, between the British, under Sir Thomas Hislop, and the army of Holkar of Indore. The Mahrattas, with 70 guns, were strongly posted behind the Sipra, which Sir Thomas crossed in the face of a heavy fire, and completely defeated them. The British lost 778 killed and wounded, the Mahrattas about 3,000.