I will come back to youi with some details. If memory serves me well I have seen the war trophy of Assaye Campaign in the Officers Mess Of some units and again if memory serves me well my parent battalion where I was Commissioned some 20 yrs back, The Rattray's- 3 Sikh Bn had alsso participated in this campaign. Am I correct If I say that Sir Winston Churchill had also participated in this campaign?
Well Sir, first and foremost my apologies I got my facts mixed up. I guess the trophy I saw was for the Assyrian Campaign and not the Assaye. Heres some stuff I downloaded from the net.
The initial activities of the 78th were associated with the events surrounding Britain’s wars with revolutionary France and later with Napoleon Bonaparte. Just a year after they were formed, for instance, the 78th found itself at the defence of Nimjegen in Holland and a year later they were withdrawing into Germany in one of the bitterest winters on record (losing 350 men to the elements). In 1795 the 78th attacked the Cape of Good Hope (the Dutch having become revolutionary allies of the French) and forced the surrender of Cape Town and Wynberg.
Turbulent India
In 1797 the now merged 1st and 2nd battalions were sent to Calcutta to spend seven years of garrison duty at a variety of Indian posts. In 1803, however, the 78th were dispatched to Poona to contain the marauding North Mahrattas. In September of that year the 78th took part in the famous engagement at Assaye under the overall command of Sir Arthur Wellesly (later the Duke of Wellington), occupying the crucial left flank of the leading attackers. The first infantry to reach the Mahrattas, the 78th was instrumental in capturing the enemy guns and routing their infantry.
Shortly after the Battle of Assaye the 78th were sent in pursuit of fleeing Mahrattas at Argam, and later in the year they besieged the Fortress of Gawilghur to help finish the job they had commenced at Assaye. As a token of esteem, the 78th was allowed to bear the symbol of an elephant with the word "ASSAYE" inscribed below and was one of three regiments presented by the East India Company with a third, or honorary colour. This badge of honour continued to appear upon the colours and amongst the uniform regalia of the regiment during its period of service in Halifax.
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