Category:Bengal Artillery
Chronology
- 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
External Links
Memoirs of the Bengal Artillery 1852 Google Books
Pages in category "Bengal Artillery"
The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.