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*Victorian Wars Forum thread<ref>Frogsmile. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131114125457/http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=6181 Identify details: photos of artillery elephants, India] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 29 October 2011, now archived. </ref> by Frogsmile which dates and identifies two photographs (refer [[Artillery elephants#Photographs and drawings|above]]) and provides much additional information about elephant batteries.
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*[http://7fd-regt-raa-association.com/Documents/UK%20Artlillery%20terms%20and%20abbreviations.doc Glossary of Royal Artillery. Terms and Abbreviations (Historical and Modern) by Philip Jobson]. Includes the entry 'Bail Battery'. These were Heavy Batteries in India in the 1890's comprised of Elephant drawn guns. "At the beginning ot the 20th Century, with the introduction of Breech-Loading guns for the Heavy Batteries, the Elephants and Bullocks were replaced with teams of eight heavy horses" 7fd-regt-raa-association.com. Note, this is a download, and depending on your browser, you may need to locate in your downloads folder.
*[https://sites.google.com/site/elephantartillery/ Elephant Artillery] sites.google.com "The Elephant Batteries were also known as Bail Batteries, Bail being the Hindustani for oxen"
*[http://gallimafry.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/second-anglo-burmese-war-elephant.html "Britain’s Fighting Elephants"] by H J Chuter ''Everybody’s Magazine'' August 1900 together with additional images. gallimafry.blogspot.com.
*[http://www.kipling.org.uk/rg_majservants_heavies.htm "Heavy Batteries in India"] by Lt-Col Roger Ayers www.kipling.org.uk
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