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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/presidentialarmi00carnrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Presidential Armies of India''] by Colonel S Rivett-Carnac 1890 Archive.org has chapters on the Madras Army
*[https://archive.org/details/stringerlawrence00bidd ''Stringer Lawrence, the Father of the Indian Army''] by Colonel J Biddulph 1901 Archive.org. The subject arrived at Fort St David in January 1748, He had been earlier appointed Major of the Garrison at Fort St George , which had since been taken by the French. By 1752 he was Commander-in Chief of all the Company’s military forces in the East Indies.
*[https://archive.org/details/memoircorrespond00fras ''Memoir and correspondence of General James Stuart Fraser of the Madras Army''] by Colonel Hastings Fraser, 2nd edition 1885. Archive.org. General Fraser was in India 1799 to February 1853, the last fourteen years as Resident at Hyderabad
*[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.
*[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
