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* '''1823-26'''[[1st Burma War]]

====1st Brigade====[http://www.archive.org/stream/fieldartilleryw00maygoog#page/n244/mode/1up This book''Field Artillery With The Other Arms Its Employment, Illustrated From Military History, And Its RE-Armament With Quick-Firing Guns Discussed''] (by Sir Edward Sinclair May can be viewed on Archive.org) . It briefly mentions the formation in 1800 of the “experimental brigade”.

Ian Patterson’s page on the history of [http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.a.paterson/orgartillery.htm#RHABTY Artillery Regiments] explains that the The first troop of the Bengal Horse Artillery was raised in 1800 to accompany the expedition against Napoleon in Egypt that year. Patterson describes the The Troop's part in the retreat from Kabulis described::''It was during this retreat that all the guns were lost, mainly due to lack of feed for the horses, which rendered them unable to drag the guns of the Battery through the deep snow and rugged mountain passes. One by one the guns were spiked and abandoned. The Captain, two officers and 102 NCO's and men were killed in the retreat, with in one case an entire gun crew perishing rather than desert their charge!''<ref>Ian Paterson's [http://www.desertrats.org.uk/orgartillery.htm#RHA1 Artillery Regiments That Served With The 7th Armoured Division] desertrats.org.uk. Scroll down to the section on F Battery (Sphinx) Royal Horse Artillery.</ref>

At amalagamation 1st Troop, 1st Brigade became F Battery (Sphinx) [[Royal Horse Artillery]]. This [http://www.naval-military-press.com/sketch-of-the-history-of-f-battery-royal-horse-artillery.html link] is about a book called ''Sketch of the History of 'F' Battery Royal Horse Artillery'' (first published 1905).

This 1858 edition of [http://books.google.com/books?id=kfwBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA210 ''The Lancet''] (Google Books) mentions the health of the 2nd Troop, 1st Bengal Horse Artillery in 1851-1853. The renowned [[Henry Tombs]] took command of the 2nd Troop in 1854.

====2nd Brigade====The 2nd Troop Bengal Horse Artillery was formed on the 4th of August 1809 in Acra ([[Agra]]?). Ian PattersonPaterson's site (see aboveReferences, below) states the majority of the other ranks were European and that the Battery were all mounted to ensure greater manoeuvrability, both unusual during this period. At amalagamation 1st Troop, 2nd Brigade became K (Hondeghem) Battery Royal Horse Artillery.

====3rd Brigade====

===General information=Records==*See [[http://www.archive.org/stream/fortyoneyearsin00unkngoog#page/n44/mode/1up Forty One Years in India: From subaltern to commander-in-chief Volume 1Bengal Army] 1897 by Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar, page 12 describes the Bengal Horse Artillery ([http://www.archive.org/stream/fortyoneyearsin02robegoog#page/n11/mode/1up Volume 2] 1898)

==General information==*Situation 1822 [http://books.google.com/books?id=XN4KAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA171 ''The British Indian military repository, Volume 2''] by Samuel Parlby (Google Books]). Situation 1822

*This edition of the [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=J-ERAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA607 Robert's description==In his memoir ''United Service MagazineForty One Years in India'', [[Frederick Roberts|Lord Roberts]] (Google Books) details described his first encounter with the destination Bengal Horse Artillery in 1852. The text contains a description of each troop at amalagamtion the regiment's uniform.<blockquote>From Cawnpore I went to Meerut, and there came across, for the first time, the far-famed Bengal Horse Artillery, and made the acquaintance of a set of officers who more than realized my expectations regarding the wearers of the much-coveted jacket, association with whom created in me a fixed resolve to leave no stone unturned in the endeavour to become a horse gunner. Like the Cavalry and Infantry of the East India Company's service, the Artillery suffered somewhat from the employment of many of its best officers on the staff and in civil appointments ; the officers selected were not seconded or replaced in 1861their regiments. Note This was the case in a less degree, no doubt, in the Horse Artillery than in the other branches, for its esprit was great, and officers were proud to belong to this corps d'elite. It certainly was a splendid service; the men were the pick of those recruited by the East India Company, they were of magnificent physique, and their uniform was singularly handsome. The jacket was much the same as that now worn by the Royal Horse Artillery, but instead of the new brigades underwent many name changes busby they had a brass helmet covered in front with leopard skin, surmounted by a long red plume,which drooped over the following decadesback like that of a French Cuirassier.This, with white buckskin breeches and long boots, completed a uniform which was one of the most picturesque and effective I have ever seen on a parade-ground.<ref>Roberts, Field Marshal Frederick Lord, [http://www.archive.org/stream/fortyoneyearsin00unkngoog#page/n44/mode/1up Forty One Years in India: From subaltern to commander-in-chief Volume 1] 1897, p12</ref> </blockquote>

==BooksAmalgamation==*''The Bengal Horse Artillery, 1800-1861 : A list of the 'Red Men' - A Nineteenth Century Corps d'Elite'' by Basil Perronet Hughes 1971. Available destination of each troop at amalgamation with the [[British LibraryRoyal Horse Artillery]] and in 1861.<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=F9ADAAAAMAAJ Snippet View Google BooksJ-ERAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA607 ''United Service Magazine''] which perhaps some readers can access1861 Part III, p607</ref> Note that the new brigades underwent many name changes over subsequent decades. {|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" |-!Bengal Horse Artillery !!Royal Horse Artillery|-|1st troop, 1st brigade||<small>became</small>||2nd Brigade, A Battery|-|2nd troop, 1st brigade||<small><center>"</center></small>||2nd Brigade, B Battery|-|3rd troop, 1st brigade||<small><center>"</center></small>||2nd Brigade, C Battery|-|4th troop, 1st brigade||<small><center>"</center></small>||2nd Brigade, D Battery|-|5th troop, 1st brigade||<small><center>"</center></small>||2nd Brigade, E Battery|-|1st troop, 2nd brigade||<small><center>"</center></small>||5th Brigade, A Battery|-|2nd troop, 2nd brigade||<small><center>"</center></small>||5th Brigade, B Battery|-|3rd troop, 2nd brigade||<small><center>"</center></small>||5th Brigade, C Battery|-|4th troop, 2nd brigade||<small><center>"</center></small>||5th Brigade, D Battery|-|1st troop, 3rd brigade||<small><center>"</center></small>||2nd Brigade, F Battery|-|2nd troop, 3rd brigade||<small><center>"</center></small>||2nd Brigade, G Battery|-|3rd troop, 3rd brigade||<small><center>"</center></small>||5th Brigade, E Battery|-|4th troop, 3rd brigade||<small><center>"</center></small>||5th Brigade, F Battery|}==Individuals==*N.W. Bancroft [Nathaniel Washington] "joined the Bengal Horse Artillery as a boy recruit at the age of 9 in 1833 and served through some of the most turbulent years of British rule in India. In 1885 he published his memoirs, ''The Second Maratha Campaign, 1804-1805From Recruit to Staff Sergeant'' : Diary , telling of the campaigns of James Younghis career. He gives particular emphasis on the Sikh wars that culminated in the three Sutlej battles, Officerwhich he describes in gory detail. His account of the actions of the artillery in the Sikh battles match with accuracy to the official accounts, Bengal Horse Artillerygiving a reliable illustration of the tactics of that time. Bancroft gives a tactile description of the sights and sounds of the battlefield, as they were seen and twice sheriff of Calcutta Published 1990 New Delhiheard from the men on the ground".<ref>[https://www.sikhbookshelf.com/products/from-recruit-to-staff-sergeant ''From Recruit to Staff Sergeant''] sikhbookshelf. com</ref> Available A 1979 reprint of this book is available at the [[British Library]] and , UIN: BLL01010107383 . A recent reprint is available with a changed title.<ref>[http://bookswww.googleleonaur.com/booksindex.php?idroute=product/product&search=Bancroft&product_id=iI9HAAAAMAAJ Snippet View Google Books280 ''Bancroft of the Bengal Horse Artillery''] which perhaps some readers can access. A more recent edition has been published by Leonaur Press under the title Books</ref> Also see below for a ''Galloping GunsJournal of the Society for Army Historical Research'', described in this article. ==External links==*[httphttps://www.leonaur.cometmuseum.ukorg/art/collection/bookssearch/booknumber.php?bookid=209 link287673 Two photographs: Bengal Horse Artillery, 1860]The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. More details *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=GDUoPQAACAAJ No Preview Google BooksE00sB_ObR14C&pg=PA13 ''British Napoleonic Artillery 1793-1815 (1): Field Artillery'']by Chris Henry, page 9 mentions the establishment of the Bengal Horse Artillery. Available through Amazon *Images from the Brown University Library Digital Repository.**[httphttps://astorerepository.amazonlibrary.cobrown.ukedu/studio/faminbriindso-21item/detailbdr:230774/1846774616 FIBIS ShopSegt. Saml. Shaw B.H.A.]1840 pen and ink sketch.*''From Recruit to Staff Sergeant''*[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:230845/ Bengal Horse Artillery, H.E.I.C.S., 1845] Original gouache drawing signed and dated 1889 by Nathaniel Washington Bancroft published 1885J. C(harlton). **[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:230846/ Bengal Horse Artillery officer and troops, which is reviewed in this Limited View Google Books c. 1845] watercolour.**[httphttps://booksrepository.library.googlebrown.comedu/studio/item/bdr:251030/books?id=av00vIKTkgIC&pg=PA111 link1846. Bengal Horse Artillery. Trooper]1903, artist Charles Lyall (CL). A 1979 reprint of this book is available at the **[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:251031/ 1846. Bengal Horse Artillery officer] 1903, artist Charles Lyall (CL).**[British Libraryhttps://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:243295/ Bengal Horse Artillery]1850 One of a collection of 4 watercolours signed by L.E.G. *[https://www.jstor.org/stable/44227088"Nathaniel Washington Bancroft"]by Kenneth E. It includes his experiences in Curtis. ''Journal of the Sikh Wars of [[1st Sikh War|1845Society for Army Historical Research'' Volume 61, no 247, Autumn 1983 page 142-1846]] 159. Read online for free on the website Jstor.org, subject to registration with Jstor.org, and restrictions apply. For more details about Jstor, and the restrictions, see the page [[2nd Sikh War|1848-1849Miscellaneous tips]] . Alternatively you may be able to log in with a Library card.====Historical books online====*[http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirofservices00buckuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Memoir of the Services of the Bengal Horse Artillery. This book is published by Leonaur Press under : from the Formation of the Corps to the title Present Time, with Some Account of its Internal Organization''Bancroft ] by Captain E. Buckle (1852) Archive.org mentions the establishment of the Bengal Horse Artillery'', described and service in Egypt in this 1801 from [http://www.leonaurarchive.org/stream/memoirofservices00buckuoft#page/230/mode/2up page 230]*''First impressions and studies from nature in Hindostan; embracing an outline of the voyage to Calcutta, and five years residence in Bengal and the Doáb, from MDCCCXXXI to MDCCCXXXVI'' by Thomas Bacon, Lieut.coOf the Bengal Horse Artillery 1837 Archive.ukorg [https:/books/booknumberarchive.php?bookid=280 linkorg/details/firstimpressions01baco Volume I], [https://archive. More org/details /firstimpressions02baco Volume II]. Also available on Hathi Trust Digital Library [http://bookscatalog.googlehathitrust.comorg/Record/books?id=_DpnPgAACAAJ No Preview Google Books001266234 A]and [http://catalog.hathitrust. Available through Amazon from org/Record/006591415 B], where the illustration pages can be rotated.*[http://astoreaccess.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034950# ''On the topography of Meerutt, and the principal diseases which prevailed in the 1st Brigade of Horse Artillery at that place''] by John Murray, M.D., Assistant Surgeon, 1st Brigade Horse Artillery 1839 published Calcutta. British Library Digital Collection.:[https://archive.amazonorg/details/b22274789/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.coorg version]:*[https://archive.ukorg/details/b22274789/page/faminbriindso-21n1/detailmode/1846775655 FIBIS Shop1up Plan of the Artillery Hospital and Artillery Barracks]Archive.org

*[https://archive.org/details/historyofsiegeof00offirich ''History of the Siege of Delhi''] by An Officer who served there. [William Wotherspoon Ireland, MD] 1861 Archive.org. He was Assistant Surgeon, attached to the Bengal Horse Artillery. He was wounded and retired a few years later.*[https://archive.org/details/history-artillery-mutiny-1857/page/n13/mode/2up ''The History of the Royal and Indian Artillery in the Mutiny of 1857''] by Julian R J Jocelyn 1915. Archive.org.*[https://archive.org/details/fbatteryroyalhorseartillery/page/n9/mode/2up ''A Sketch of the History of ‘F’ Battery Royal Horse Artillery''] by Major-General F. W. Stubbs and Major A. S. Tyndale-Biscoe, R.H.A. 1905 Archive.org. Previously 1st Troop in the 1st Brigade of the Bengal Horse Artillery.*Fiction**[https://archive.org/details/GM_Fenn_Gil_the_Gunner ''Gil the Gunner; or The Youngest Officer in the East''] by George Manville Fenn 1892 Archive.org. A boys’ adventure story set in the period of the [[Indian Mutiny]]**[http://www.archive.org/stream/drawswordsinhors00fenn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Draw swords! : In the Horse Artillery''] by George Manville Fenn 1898. Archive.org. An adventure story for younger readers about a young officer in the Bengal Horse Artillery, with 8 illustrations. == References ==<references /> {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}