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:[https://archive.org/details/memoirofgeneralj00belliala ''Memoir of General John Briggs, of the Madras Army; with comments on some of his words and work''] by Major Evans Bell 1885 Archive.org. General Briggs joined the Madras Army July 1801, and left India in 1835.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=wboRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Twelve years' military adventure in three quarters of the globe: or, Memoirs of an officer who served in the armies of His Majesty and of the East India Company, between the years 1802 and 1814 Volume 1''] by John Blakiston 1829. [http://books.google.com/books?id=vyUoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume 2]. Google Books. He joined the Madras Engineers in 1802. Pages 1- 115 of Volume 2 cover the period April 1811 to February 1812 , and mainly relate to the Expedition to Java.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=MSBYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Strictures on the present government civil, military and political of the British possessions in India; including a view of the recent transactions in that country, which have tended to alienate the affections of the natives: in a letter from an Officer resident on the spot, to his friend in England''] 1808. Letter is signed Najeeb (page 124). Google Books.:[http://books.google.com/books?id=pTlYyND7VkEC&pg=PP5 ''An account of the origin, progress, and consequences of the late discontents of the army on the Madras establishment''] 1810 Google Books. *:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Vz5fAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP9 ''A Letter from an Officer at Madras to a Friend formerly in that Service now in England, exhibiting the Rise, Progress and Actual State of the Late Unfortunate Insurrection in the Indian Army''] 1810 Google Books. Events in 1808-1809. [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.111011/page/n67/mode/2up 2nd edition corrected, 1810]. Archive.org, digital page 68 of a book file about the Indian Mutiny of 1857 titled ''The English Captives in Oudh.'' *:[http://books.google.com/books?id=U9-1AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Observations on the disturbances in the Madras Army in 1809''] by Sir John Malcolm 1812 Google Books. [http://books.google.com/books?id=U9-1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Part I. Observations on the causes and progress of the disturbances in the Madras army''], [http://books.google.com/books?id=U9-1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA61 ''Part. II. A narrative of the conduct of Lieut.-Colonel Malcolm during the disturbances in the Madras army'']
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=_G4BAAAAMAAJ ''Journals of the sieges of the Madras Army, in the years 1817, 1818, and 1819''] by Edward Lake of the Madras Engineers 1825 Google Books
:[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000001A5D4 ''Plans and Views illustrating the Journals of the Sieges of the Madras Army, etc''] by Edward Lake, 1825. British Library Digital. Notes: Imperfect; wanting the titlepage and list of plates.
