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== 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
== 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
[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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