1821 Maharashtra-Andhrapradesh Campaign

1821 Maharashtra-Andhrapradesh Campaign
Part of the Sandoric Wars
We shall not falter! General Sir. Johannes Vandemeer rallying his troops while on horse back during the Battle of Bengaluru.
Date 5 April 1821 - 15 December 1821 Location Indiaen Subcontinent, Arabian Sea, Indiaen Ocean Result Decisive Coalition Victory Failure of the Sikh Empire and Aurucolian East Indiae Company to end the rule of the Lucis Empire and Holy Galbadian Empire in Indiae. Backbone of the Sikh Army broken
Belligerents
Lucis Empire Lucis East Indiae Company Cape Basel Colony Union of Nibelheim Chiyoda Company Regiment Holy Galbadian Empire Galbadian Indiae Mughal Empire Kingdom of Gorkhali Hyderabad State (April 1821; October 1821 onwards)	Sikh Empire Sandoric Aurucolia Aurucolian East Indiae Company Hyderabad State (from May to October 1821)
Commanders and leaders
Benedict Humeray Johannes Vandemeer David Auchinleck Baron Hamilton Richard Kelkirk-Kitagawa Akina Sumiyoshi Georg Ludwig Koppel John Manuel de Gama Girvan Bhimsen Shah Raj Vajracharya	Flórián Székely de Kisbátor Martin Dobos Wim van den Kerkdijk Mohandyal Singh Harzadan Faqartadari Csanád Hetényi Božidar Živanović
Strength
1,975,000 975,000 650,000 250,000 50,000 500,000 100,000 250,000 100,000 100,000	2,150,000 1,000,000 1,150,000

The 1821 Maharashtra-Andhrapradesh Campaign (5 April 1821 - 21 January 1822) was a series of battles that took place in the Indiaen provinces of Maharashtra and Andhrapradesh. It was fought primarily between the Coalition Armies led by the Lucis Empire under the command of General Sir. Benedict Humeray against the Sandoric forces led primarily by the Aurucolian Empire under the command of Marshal Flórián Székely de Kisbátor.

Following the disasterous Battle of Narkaner, which was a massive blow to the Lucians and Galbadians; Sikh and Aurucolian commanders instigated a campaign as a way to break the land controlled by the Galbadians and the Lucians to allow Aurucolian and Sikh forces to take the Hyderabad State with the intention of capturing the vital Lucian-controlled Port of Pondecherry. The battle also directly needed the assistance of the navies in order to take the port. Once it was split, the Sikhs would be free to attack the Galbadian Colony of Goa while the Aurucolian forces would shift east to destroy remaining Lucian possessions.

The campaign had been planned in order to force the Lucians and Galbadians into a humiliating treaty to surrender all colonial possessions to the Aurucolian Empire in order to shift forces to the Scandinavian theater. Pondecherry had been the Lucian's most important port in Indiae as it had the most docks where ships could unload all various trading materials. Kisbátor believed that controlling it would be catastrophic for the Lucian hold in Indiae as a whole.

The campaign would be the largest fought in the Sikh and Aurucolian War, with the Battle of Bengaluru being dubbed as the Battle of the Nations in Indiae by many historians. Ultimately, the far-stretched supply lines and continuous native raids on the Aurucolian lines would prove to be the biggest setback by the Sikhs and Aurucolians. Humeray reorganized the Allied Army and slowly started to regain lost ground. The Allies eventually regained all lost land following the Battle of Nagpure. The Fall of Chindewara marked the end to the campaign, with the backbone of the Sikh Army broken and the failure to expel both Lucian and Galbadian forces in Indiae.

The Campaign

August: First Battle of Hampi; Humeray retreats further South and initiates a scorched earth policy. Hyderabad populace revolt

Main article: Hyderabad Revolts

October 20: Naval Battle at Pondecherry; Royal Navy defeats the Imperial Aurucolian Navy.

Main article: Naval Battle of Pondecherry