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The Bengal Artillery were the first artillery in India to be tractor drawn.==Uniform==
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The '''Bengal Artillery''', part of the [[Bengal Army]], consisted of:
*[[Bengal Horse Artillery]]
*[[Bengal European Foot Artillery]]
*[[Bengal Native Foot Artillery]]
*[[Punjab Horse Artillery, Punjab Irregular Force]]
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
===Later chronology===
Originally constituted on 18th December 1925 when the [[I. (Calcutta) Field Brigade]] and the [[V. (Cossipore) Field Brigade]] amalgamated.
The [[Cossipore Artillery]] became the [[Cossipore Brigade]] on 1st February 1884. Reorganised 7th September 1888 as the [[Cossipore Artillery Volunteers]] and later became [[I. (Cossipore) Brigade Mobile Artillery]] on the 1st April 1917. Then reconstituted on the 1st October 1920 as the [[IV. (Cossipore) Field Brigade]].
*'''Uniform''' - Blue
*'''Facings''' - Scarlet
*'''Badge''' - Same as Royal Artillery
==External links=====Historical books online===*[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. [[Category:Bengal Artillery| ]]
