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1749 first company raised
1756 company perished in the Black Hole of Calcutta
1765 re-formed with four companies
1770 fifth company raised and the five companies formed into a battalion of total complement 548 Europeans plus 2912 Lascars employed hauling the guns
1778 re-formed into one European Regiment (7 field and 1 mounted or garrison company) and three Native battalions (8 companies each)
1779 re-formed into 2 European battalions of 5 companies with 6 companies of Lascars to each company
1787 Artillery constituted as one of the brigades of the Army
1801 draught horses used for the first time instead of bullocks for field artillery; formation of the Horse Artillery

"The Bengal Artillery", article in the Calcutta Review Volume 9, January-June 1848.

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	[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qtugAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Bengal+Artillery&as_brr=3&ei=ix3CSf_qLYfCM9-zye0N#PPR3,M1 Memoirs of the Bengal Artillery 1852] Google Books		[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qtugAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Bengal+Artillery&as_brr=3&ei=ix3CSf_qLYfCM9-zye0N#PPR3,M1 Memoirs of the Bengal Artillery 1852] Google Books

−	~~''The Bengal Artillery''~~ [http://books.google.com/books?id=uRoYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA415 ~~Article~~] in the Calcutta Review Volume 9, January-June 1848	+	[http://books.google.com/books?id=uRoYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA415 "The Bengal Artillery"], article in the ''Calcutta Review'' Volume 9, January-June 1848.