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*[http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/exhibits/e-exhibits/india/px2d10.jpg "An Artillery Elephant on Duty"], hand-coloured lithograph by Captain C. Gold; 1799 from [http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/exhibits/e-exhibits/india/chap2.htm British Voices from South Asia] Louisiana State University
*[http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/exhibits/e-exhibits/india/px2d10.jpg "An Artillery Elephant on Duty"], hand-coloured lithograph by Captain C. Gold; 1799 from [http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/exhibits/e-exhibits/india/chap2.htm British Voices from South Asia] Louisiana State University
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=6eoFnaqQ0MQC&pg=PA26  Photograph of  a Royal Artillery elephant battery at Lucknow 1858]  ''Victoria's Wars'', page 26 by Ian Frederick William Beckett 1998 Google Books. The same [http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/images/480/105000-105999/105876.jpg photograph] is also available at the National Army Museum with these [http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?q=searchType%3Dsimple%26simpleText%3Dindian%2520mutiny%26themeID%3D%26resultsDisplay%3Dlist%26page%3D6&pos=17&total=299&page=6&acc=1956-08-6-17 details]  
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=6eoFnaqQ0MQC&pg=PA26  Photograph of  a Royal Artillery elephant battery at Lucknow 1858]  ''Victoria's Wars'', page 26 by Ian Frederick William Beckett 1998 Google Books. The same [http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/images/480/105000-105999/105876.jpg photograph] is also available at the National Army Museum with these [http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?q=searchType%3Dsimple%26simpleText%3Dindian%2520mutiny%26themeID%3D%26resultsDisplay%3Dlist%26page%3D6&pos=17&total=299&page=6&acc=1956-08-6-17 details]  
*[http://cgi.ebay.com/1858-ELEPHANT-BATTERY-MARCHING-SOLDIERS-WAR-OLD-PRINT-/360297297749?pt=Art_Prints&hash=item53e3647755  Drawing of "Elephant Battery on the March "] (scroll down for larger version) Ebay.com. Originally from ''The Illustrated London News'', Saturday, May 8, 1858
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/3907822106/in/photostream    Drawing of "Peshawur Mountain train in the line of March 1877"], showing guns loaded on the elephants' backs. flickr.com  [http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PAKISTAN-Peshawar-Mountain-train-line-March-antique-print-1877-/270930093904  Another view] of the same image (scroll down for larger version) where it is stated to be from the  Illustrated London News, however a page could not be located. ebay.co.uk
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/3907822106/in/photostream    Drawing of "Peshawur Mountain train in the line of March 1877"], showing guns loaded on the elephants' backs. flickr.com  [http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PAKISTAN-Peshawar-Mountain-train-line-March-antique-print-1877-/270930093904  Another view] of the same image (scroll down for larger version) where it is stated to be from the  Illustrated London News, however a page could not be located. ebay.co.uk
*[http://www.britishbattles.com/second-afghan-war/charasiab.htm  Drawing of "An elephant battery advances through the mountains"]  from The Battle of Charasiab 6th October 1879, [[2nd Afghan War]] (scroll down) Britishbattles.com
*[http://www.britishbattles.com/second-afghan-war/charasiab.htm  Drawing of "An elephant battery advances through the mountains"]  from The Battle of Charasiab 6th October 1879, [[2nd Afghan War]] (scroll down) Britishbattles.com
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924000918486#page/n65/mode/2up Drawing of a "Shaft Elephant of Heavy Field Battery Gun (from the Artillery Manual)"] , between pages lii and liii of the Introduction in ''A manual of the diseases of the elephant and of his management and uses'' by John Henry Steel 1885 Archive.org  
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924000918486#page/n65/mode/2up Drawing of a "Shaft Elephant of Heavy Field Battery Gun (from the Artillery Manual)"] , between pages lii and liii of the Introduction in ''A manual of the diseases of the elephant and of his management and uses'' by John Henry Steel 1885 Archive.org  
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130905003317/http://www.old-print.com/mas_assets/full2/M1321885/M1321885445.jpg  Drawings of an elephant battery at Tongo, Burma 1885] with guns loaded on the elephants’ backs. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131116224320/http://www.old-print.com/cgi-bin/item/M1321885445/search/16%252DAntique%252DPrint%252Dof%252D1885%252DBurma%252DElephant%252DBattery%252DTongo%252DIndia%252DAnimals%252D old-print.com] (archived page)  Originally from ''The Graphic'' Saturday, October 24, 1885
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130905003317/http://www.old-print.com/mas_assets/full2/M1321885/M1321885445.jpg  Drawings of an elephant battery at Tongo, Burma 1885] with guns loaded on the elephants’ backs. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131116224320/http://www.old-print.com/cgi-bin/item/M1321885445/search/16%252DAntique%252DPrint%252Dof%252D1885%252DBurma%252DElephant%252DBattery%252DTongo%252DIndia%252DAnimals%252D old-print.com] (archived page)  Originally from ''The Graphic'' Saturday, October 24, 1885
*[https://www.facebook.com/archive150/photos_stream#!/photo.php?fbid=582985135059902&set=pb.301806946511057.-2207520000.1368451730.&type=3&theater Photograph: c 1880s: Elephants pulling guns on GT Road, Punjab] Archive150 on Facebook
*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/elephants1880s.jpg Photograph of "The Elephant Battery, Artillery Lines, Peshawar"  c.1880's] from [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/troops.html this page] of Prof Fran Pritchett’s Indian Routes website
*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/elephants1880s.jpg Photograph of "The Elephant Battery, Artillery Lines, Peshawar"  c.1880's] from [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/troops.html this page] of Prof Fran Pritchett’s Indian Routes website
*[http://cgi.ebay.com/Military-India-Elephants-Heavy-Field-Battery-1892-print-/300421854059?pt=Art_Prints&hash=item45f289b36b Drawing of "The Elephants of the Heavy Field Battery 1892"] (scroll down for enlarged version) Ebay.com. Originally from ''The Graphic'' 1892
*[http://cgi.ebay.com/Military-India-Elephants-Heavy-Field-Battery-1892-print-/300421854059?pt=Art_Prints&hash=item45f289b36b Drawing of "The Elephants of the Heavy Field Battery 1892"] (scroll down for enlarged version) Ebay.com. Originally from ''The Graphic'' 1892
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*[http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/HU052533.html Photograph of  "Elephant Battery Gwalior c 1935"] Heavy artillery is transported to a hill station by a team of Indian elephants. Corbis Images. Gwalior was a [[Princely states|Princely State]]
*[http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/HU052533.html Photograph of  "Elephant Battery Gwalior c 1935"] Heavy artillery is transported to a hill station by a team of Indian elephants. Corbis Images. Gwalior was a [[Princely states|Princely State]]
* An elephant battery: [http://imgzoom.cdlib.org/Fullscreen.ics?ark=ark:/13030/kt2n39r2zq/z1&order=2&brand=calisphere Photograph 1] and  [http://imgzoom.cdlib.org/Fullscreen.ics?ark=ark:/13030/kt6199r6rv/z1&order=2&brand=calisphere photograph 2]  from [http://content.cdlib.org/search?facet=type-tab&relation=calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu&style=cui&keyword=Military+elephants+india&x=35&y=12 a group of photographs, University of California]. Identified as a British Heavy Battery of around 1895, refer [[Artillery elephants#External links|External links]] below.
* An elephant battery: [http://imgzoom.cdlib.org/Fullscreen.ics?ark=ark:/13030/kt2n39r2zq/z1&order=2&brand=calisphere Photograph 1] and  [http://imgzoom.cdlib.org/Fullscreen.ics?ark=ark:/13030/kt6199r6rv/z1&order=2&brand=calisphere photograph 2]  from [http://content.cdlib.org/search?facet=type-tab&relation=calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu&style=cui&keyword=Military+elephants+india&x=35&y=12 a group of photographs, University of California]. Identified as a British Heavy Battery of around 1895, refer [[Artillery elephants#External links|External links]] below.
*Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=7023#p31219 post] with a number of images of Army elephants
*[http://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-images/1899-24712  Photograph: Battery division elephant c 1895]. superstock.com. An Indian mahout (elephant handler) dressed in military uniform and turban sits on the shoulders of an elephant working in the Heavy Battery division of the Royal Artillery.
*[http://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-images/1899-24712  Photograph: Battery division elephant c 1895]. superstock.com. An Indian mahout (elephant handler) dressed in military uniform and turban sits on the shoulders of an elephant working in the Heavy Battery division of the Royal Artillery.



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Also see

  • Commissariat, or Army Supply. This Department was responsible for elephants.

Photographs and drawings

Historical books online

  • This extract includes wording from a 1784 book[1] and refers to the skill of the elephants in the Army of Hyder Ali. "It can hardly be imagined how useful these elephants are, nor with what skill and intelligence they do their work". "Baggage of the Indian Army" Calcutta Review, Volume 11 January-June 1849, page 445
  • This extract is about the pushing power of an elephant The Calcutta Review, Volume 8, July-December 1847 page 222
  • "Elephant" Aide-mémoire to the military sciences: Framed from contributions of officers of the different services, Volume 1, page 404 Edited by a Committee of the Corps of Royal Engineers 1853 Google Books
  • "Elephant Battery" The Musical World, Volumes 19-20 1858, page 392 originally appeared in the Illustrated London News. Google Books
  • An elephant tale, 1858 Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy by Frank Richard Stockton, page 9, first published 1872 Google Books
  • "Notes on elephant carriage and steel mountain batteries employed in Abyssinia", page 191 an Appendix to "The Abyssinian Expedition" pages 167-202 Minutes of proceedings of the Royal artillery institution, Volume 6 1870 Google Books
  • "Notes on Elephants and their Transport by Railway" by Capt H Wilberforce Clarke RE from Professional Papers on Indian Engineering Second Series Volume 8 1879 "Notes on Elephants", page 243 "Report on the Transportation of Elephants by Railway", page 289
  • "The Elephant as used in modern Armies", page xxvi (Introduction) A manual of the diseases of the elephant and of his management and uses by John Henry Steel 1885 Archive.org
  • This link advises an elephant battery at Jhansi was abolished c 1903, and the elephants sold. Chota Nagpur, a little-known province of the empire, page 200 by Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt, first published 1903, Google Books.
  • An elephant story Toomai of the Elephants from The Jungle Book may be read online from the page Rudyard Kipling. The story is set at the conclusion of the annual hunt for wild elephants, for the Government of India.

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