On this day 222 years ago, on September 23, 1803 (August 8, 1803), the Battle of Asaye broke out. On September 23, 1803, the Battle of Asaye broke out. Due to an intelligence error, Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) commanded 7,000 British Indian troops (5,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry) and encountered 42,000 troops of all European equipment in the Indian country of Malassa. However, Wellesley's skillful command enabled him to defeat six times his enemy force, annihilate more than 6,000 people (Malassa Prime Minister Gadorn Rao and others were killed in action), and lose about 1,500 of his own people. This battle is the first large-scale battle commanded by the Duke of Wellington. Comments: The Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo and later became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom