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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>
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/fieldartilleryw00maygoog#page/n244/mode/1up ''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”.
At amalagamation 1st Troop, 1st Brigade became F Battery (Sphinx) [[Royal Horse Artillery]].
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==External links==
*[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.
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