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*Terrible conditions are described in a [http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/infantmortality.html Letter home from a soldier’s wife on a voyage to India] 1859 Old-merseytimes.co.uk. As a result, the Captain was murdered!
*History of the British Army Vol II by J W Fortescue [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6bGPphR9_ToC&pg=PA171&dq=A+History+of+the+British+Army+These+were+the+first+British+troops+to+land+in+India&lr=&as_brr=3&cd=2#v=onepage&q&f=false First British troops to land in India p171]
*The National Archives [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts podcasts] have a [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/military-history.htm military history] category including
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/sahib.htm Sahib, the British soldier in India, 1750 – 1914] by Professor Richard Holmes
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