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===General information===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/fortyoneyearsin00unkngoog#page/n44/mode/1up ==Robert's description==In his memoir ''Forty One Years in India: '', Lord Roberts described his first encounter with the Bengal Horse Artillery in 1852. The text contains a descritpion of the regiment's uniform.<blockquote>From subaltern Cawnpore I went to commanderMeerut, 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-chief Volume 1] 1897 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 their regiments. 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 Field Marshal Lord Roberts the East India Company, they were of Kandaharmagnificent physique, page 12 describes and their uniform was singularly handsome. The jacket was much the same as that now worn by the Bengal Royal Horse Artillery , but instead of the busby they had a brass helmet covered in 1852 ([http://wwwfront with leopard skin, surmounted by a long red plume,which drooped over the back like that of a French Cuirassier.archiveThis, 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.org/stream/fortyoneyearsin02robegoog<sup>[[#pageReferences|2]]</n11sup> </mode/1up Volume 2] 1898)blockquote>
*This edition of the [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=J-ERAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA607 ''United Service Magazine''] (Google Books) details Amalgamation==A list of the destination of each troop at amalagamtion amalgamation with the [[Royal Horse Artillery]] in 1861. <sup>[[#References|1]]</sup> Note that the new brigades underwent many name changes over the following decades.
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*'''1814-16''' [[Gurkha War]]
*'''1817''' [[Siege of Hattress]] during the [[3rd Maratha War|Pindari Campaign]]
* '''1823-26'''[[1st Burma War]]
*'''1842''' [[Retreat from Kabul to Gandamak]] during the [[1st Afghan War]]
Another battery was formed as 3rd Troop (later renamed 1st Troop, 3rd Brigade) around 1809. It is now part of L (Néry) Battery RHA (see the [http://www.lneryoca.org.uk/page_322792.html L Battery Old Comrades Association] for more details).
*Situation 1822 [http://books.google.com/books?id=XN4KAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA171 Google Books]
{|border="1" cellpadding=Books"5" cellspacing="0" |-!Bengal Horse Artillery !Royal Horse Artillery|-|1st troop, 1st brigade||2nd Brigade, A Battery|-|2nd troop, 1st brigade||2nd Brigade, B Battery|-|3rd troop, 1st brigade||2nd Brigade, C Battery|-|4th troop, 1st brigade||2nd Brigade, D Battery|-|5th troop, 1st brigade||2nd Brigade, E Battery|-|1st troop, 2nd brigade||5th Brigade, A Battery|-|2nd troop, 2nd brigade||5th Brigade, B Battery|-|3rd troop, 2nd brigade||5th Brigade, C Battery|-|4th troop, 2nd brigade||5th Brigade, D Battery|-|1st troop, 3rd brigade||2nd Brigade, F Battery|-|2nd troop, 3rd brigade||2nd Brigade, G Battery|-|3rd troop, 3rd brigade||5th Brigade, E Battery|-|4th troop, 3rd brigade||5th Brigade, F Battery|} ==References==#[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=J-ERAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA607 ''United Service Magazine''] 1861 Part III, p607#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 ==External links==
*''The Bengal Horse Artillery, 1800-1861 : the 'Red Men' - A Nineteenth Century Corps d'Elite'' by Basil Perronet Hughes 1971. Available at the [[British Library]] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=F9ADAAAAMAAJ Snippet View Google Books] which perhaps some readers can access.
*''The Second Maratha Campaign, 1804-1805'' : Diary of James Young, Officer, Bengal Horse Artillery, and twice sheriff of Calcutta Published 1990 New Delhi. Available at the [[British Library]] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=iI9HAAAAMAAJ Snippet View Google Books] which perhaps some readers can access. A more recent edition has been published by Leonaur Press under the title ''Galloping Guns'', described in this [http://www.leonaur.co.uk/books/booknumber.php?bookid=209 link]. More details [http://books.google.com/books?id=GDUoPQAACAAJ No Preview Google Books]. Available through Amazon from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1846774616 FIBIS Shop]
*''From Recruit to Staff Sergeant'', by Nathaniel Washington Bancroft published 1885, which is reviewed in this Limited View Google Books [http://books.google.com/books?id=av00vIKTkgIC&pg=PA111 link]. A 1979 reprint of this book is available at the [[British Library]]. It includes his experiences in the Sikh Wars of [[1st Sikh War|1845-1846]] and [[2nd Sikh War|1848-1849]] with the Bengal Horse Artillery. This book is published by Leonaur Press under the title ''Bancroft of the Bengal Horse Artillery'', described in this [http://www.leonaur.co.uk/books/booknumber.php?bookid=280 link]. More details [http://books.google.com/books?id=_DpnPgAACAAJ No Preview Google Books]. Available through Amazon from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1846775655 FIBIS Shop]
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=NGoLAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Eight months' campaign against the Bengal Sepoy Army during the mutiny of 1857''] by Colonel George Bourchier, Bengal Horse Artillery 1858 Google Books
*[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.
[[Category:Bengal Artillery]]
