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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924000918486#page/n37/mode/2up "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 [http://books.google.com/books?id=W0x74TZB3eoC&lpg=PA200&dq=elephant%20battery&pg=PA200 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.
*[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924000361455#page/n199/mode/2up "Chapter XII Elephants"] page 157 ''Army Veterinary Service in War'' by Major-General Sir John Moore AVS 1921 Archive.org
*An elephant story ''Toomai of the Elephants'' from ''The Jungle Book '' may be read online from the page [[Rudyard Kipling#Historical books online|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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