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===June: Fall of Amwarati, Coalition forces continue to be routed=== | ===June: Fall of Amwarati, Coalition forces continue to be routed=== | ||
===July: Humeray consolidates his ground=== | ===July: Humeray consolidates his ground; Minor Skirmishes=== | ||
===August: Humeray retreats further South. Hyderabad populace revolt=== | ===August: First Battle of Hampi; Humeray retreats further South and initiates a scorched earth policy. Hyderabad populace revolt=== | ||
{{main|Hyderabad Revolts}} | {{main|Hyderabad Revolts}} | ||
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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.