Battle of Jaithak

Battle of Jaithak
Part of the Anglo-Nepalese War

Jaithak Fort c. 1820
Date25 September 1815
Location
Jaithak, India
30°35′45.35″N 77°20′13.93″E / 30.5959306°N 77.3372028°E / 30.5959306; 77.3372028
Result

Kingdom of Nepal victory

  • Major-General Martindell retired back
Belligerents
East India Company Kingdom of Nepal
Commanders and leaders
Major-General Martindell
Major Richards
Colonel Ranajor Singh Thapa
Jaspao Thapa
Jaithak is located in Himachal Pradesh
Jaithak
Jaithak
Jaithak is located in India
Jaithak
Jaithak
Jaithak (India)

The Battle of Jaithak is the subsequent battle fought by the 53rd division of East India Company after the Battle of Nalapani against Nepalese forces. Nalapani had cost both sides dearly, but in Nahan and Jaithak, further West, they were to suffer more. Kazi Amar Singh Thapa’s son, Ranajor Singh Thapa, was in command there. Nahan had been left undefended. Ranajor Singh had orders from his father to retire to a position north of the Nahan town, and to occupy the surrounding heights and the fort of Jaithak, situated at a point where two spurs of mountainous ridges meet, and the peak at the intersection rises to a height of 3,600 feet above the level of the plains.[1] Major-General Martindell, who had assumed command of the forces of Major-General Robert Rollo Gillespie, who had been killed during the Nalapani Fort siege, took possession of Nahan on 24 December 1814 and immediately set about preparations for the attack on Ranajor Singh's positions.[1]

  1. ^ a b Prinsep, p. 96.