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==History==

[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]]. ''Sketch of the History of 'F' Battery Royal Horse Artillery'' (first published 1905), is available through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1845740467 FIBIS Shop].

The 2nd Troop Bengal Horse Artillery was formed on the 4th of August 1809 in Acra ([[Agra]]?). Ian Patterson's site (see above) 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.

The Bengal Rocket Troop was raised on 13 September 1816 as a camel mounted unit under the command of Captain (later General) William Samsen Whish. The troop carried a total of 912 six pound rockets, either in buckets on camels, or horse drawn trolleys. It switched back to horses in 1817. It was re-titled 2nd Troop, 2nd Brigade Bengal Horse Artillery in 1826 (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/132_Battery_(The_Bengal_Rocket_Troop)_Royal_Artillery Wikipedia] for more details).

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).

==General information==

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

==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 description of 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

==Amalgamation==

A list of the destination of each troop at amalgamation with the [[Royal Horse Artillery]] in 1861.<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=J-ERAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA607 ''United Service Magazine''] 1861 Part III, p607</ref> Note that the new brigades underwent many name changes over subsequent decades.

==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''. More details [http://books.google.com/books?id=GDUoPQAACAAJ No Preview Google Books] and available through Amazon from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1846774616 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.

*[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 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