Talk:Anglo-Nepalese War

British Troop Strength

80.74.137.161 (14:44, 25 December 2011‎) had changed the British troop size to be 22,000 from over 30,000. He did give a citation to "The Victorians at war, 1815-1914: an encyclopedia of British military history" where the troop size is indeed given to be 22,000. However this must account only for the first division, at Dinapur, commanded by Major-General Marley, which was the largest and the main division in charge of attacking the capital city. Nevermind that it failed in the task. In <Smith, Plan of Operation, p. 215-219.> is given the detailed breakdown of all the forces. The addition of all the men is clearly greater than 30,000, as Smith correctly insists. (Manoguru (talk) 16:21, 25 December 2011 (UTC))

Smith got it wrong. The strength of the invasion force was only 22,000. Smith mistakenly believed that first division had 22,000 troops. In reality, it had only 8,000.

Yes, thank you for the correction, my friend. I just check with the Prinsep, who was the official historian of East-India Company during the Governorship of Lord Moira, and the figure given by Smith does not match up. So he must have made a mistake. Now, if only we could get the casualty figures too!! Happy New Year!! (Manoguru (talk) 13:13, 1 January 2012 (UTC))

What's the consensus on the Nepalese only fielding 11,000 men? That seems woefully low for the population at the time. Perhaps a further miscalculation by Smith or is there just a lack of information on the numbers? I would have thought they'd have hugely outnumbered the British considering the location. 86.5.160.43 (talk) 14:15, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

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Grievances

This article is pretty poorly written, someone might want to touch it up a bit —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.243.214.202 (talk) 23:37, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Although there is an unprecedented detail of this war that has survived, sadly the article itself is quite scanty on details. I have listed some references as well as external links that opens to those references. I hope someone will take up the challenge of filling in the details. (Manoguru (talk) 21:44, 24 November 2011 (UTC))

Does anybody have a source that describes the war from the Nepalese point of view. All the books that I have been able to find were written by the British. (Manoguru (talk) 05:59, 9 December 2011 (UTC))

It seems to me this article is incredibly biased in the Nepalese's favour, a more impartial article would be fitting. 128.193.15.52 (talk) 05:36, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Trade section: Part of this sentence doesn't make sense

The BOLD/CAPS part of this sentence in the Trade section doesn't make sense to me:

" ... The British had made constant efforts to persuade the Nepalese government TO ALLOW THEM THEIR TRADE TO THE FABLED TIBET through Nepal. ... "

Not knowing the reality of this history, I don't feel qualified to change/edit this sentence. But it would seem to make more sense if it read "... to allow them TO trade WITH the fabled Tibet ... "

Almadenmike (talk) 06:56, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Section 2.3: Border Despute

The very last line "in 2015 mr tej thapa also along with thapa group in 1815 Nepalese war" does not make any sense to me. Appears some kind of vandalism. --Satyam Mishra ^--talk-- 20:42, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Sources

I've been unable to find the source listed for many of the references in the article. "Smith "Plan of Operation". References to it are very vague and any pointing in the right direction would be appreciated. 86.5.160.43 (talk) 13:01, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Smith (1852) is a book listed under Secondary sources. "Plan of Operation" is presumably a chapter in it. The write-up is quite old and current citation conventions have not been followed. You can improve them if you wish. The citation should have been something like {{sfn|Smith|1852|loc="Plan of Operation"}}. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 00:30, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

When was anglo Nepal was fought? Between whom

Properly read 2400:1A00:B1C0:D83A:68B3:55A4:160C:C1D5 (talk) 13:40, 13 April 2022 (UTC)