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Carnatic European Veteran Battalion

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==Other European Veteran Battalions==
The Madras Army List corrected to the 1st January 1857 shows a European Invalid Artillery Company stationed at [[Pallaveram]] and an Infantry company at [[Vizagapatam]]<ref>Google Books snippet search result partially shown in [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=YaQrAAAAYAAJ&q=Pallaveram&dq=Pallaveram&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SjkuU96UOsvCkQXa-YFw&ved=0CFIQ6AEwCDhG ''The Bulletin The Military Historical Society ''- Volume 47, Issue 185 - Volume 48, Issue 192] - Page 128</ref> It appears that there were other European Veteran Battalions in existence in February 1860 when the Native Veteran Battalions were disbanded, as the European officers from the Native Veteran Battalions "will be posted to the European veterans"<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=amlDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA195 "Reduction of the 1st and 2nd Native Veteran Battalions"] government order dated 10 February 1860, page 195 ''Allen’s Indian Mail January-June 1860'' </ref>
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