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==External links==
==External links==
===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=NngIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''A narrative of the sufferings of James Bristow, ... during ten years captivity with Hyder Ally and Tippoo Saheb''] by James Bristow of the Bengal Artillery 1793 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=qtugAAAAMAAJ ''Memoir of the Services of the Bengal Artillery: from the Formation of the Corps to the Present Time, with Some Account of its Internal Organization'']  by Captain E. Buckle (1852)  Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=qtugAAAAMAAJ ''Memoir of the Services of the Bengal Artillery: from the Formation of the Corps to the Present Time, with Some Account of its Internal Organization'']  by Captain E. Buckle (1852)  Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=uRoYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA415 "The Bengal Artillery"], 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.

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For the volunteer force formed in 1925, see Bengal Artillery (AFI).

The Bengal Artillery, part of the Bengal Army, consisted of:

The Bengal Artillery were the first artillery in India to be tractor drawn.

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
  • 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

All sepoy artillery units were abolished after the Indian Mutiny and the European battalions became part of the Royal Artillery.

Uniform

  • Uniform - Blue
  • Facings - Scarlet
  • Badge - Same as Royal Artillery

External links

Historical books online