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:''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!''
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), available through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1845740467 FIBIS Shop].
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.
==Amalgamation==
A list of the destination of each troop at amalgamation with the [[Royal Horse Artillery]] in 1861.<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup> Note that the new brigades underwent many name changes over the following subsequent decades.
{|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
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!Bengal Horse Artillery
!
!Royal Horse Artillery
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|1st troop, 1st brigade||<small>became</small>||2nd Brigade, A Battery
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|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
|}
*''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]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=E00sB_ObR14C&pg=PA13 ''British Napoleonic Artillery 1793-1815 (1): Field Artillery''] by Chris Henry, page 9 mentions the establishment of the Bengal Horse Artillery.
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirofservices00buckuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''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) Archive.org mentions the festablishment establishment of the Bengal Horse Artillery and service in Egypt in 1801 from [http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirofservices00buckuoft#page/230/mode/2up page 230]
*[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]]
