Difference between revisions of "Category:Bengal Artillery"

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 [[Category:Bengal Army]]
-== Chronology ==
+[[Category:Regiments]]
-*'''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
-== External Links ==
-[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