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*[https://archive.org/details/famousfightsofin00hoddrich ''Famous Fights of Indian Native Regiments''] by Reginald Hodder 1914 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285040 ''Indias Fighters''] Full title: ''India's Fighters: their Mettle, History and Services to Britain'' by Saint Nihal Singh 1914 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
*''Five Years in India: Comprising a Narrative of Travels in the Presidency of Bengal, a Visit to the Court of Runjeet Sing, Residence in the Himalayah Mountains, an Account of the Late Expedition to Cabul and Affghanistan, Voyage Down the Indus, and Journey Overland to England'' by Henry Edward Fane, late Aide-de-Camp to his Excellency the Commander-In-Chief in India. [https://archive.org/details/fiveyearsinindiavol1 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/fiveyearsinindi00fanegoog Volume II] 1842 Archive.org. The author travelled with his regiment to Ceylon in 1835, where he was soon appointed to the staff of his uncle, General Sir Henry Fane, who was Commander-In-Chief in India.
*''The Life And Opinions Of Major-General Sir Charles Metcalfe MacGregor'' Edited by Lady MacGregor 1888 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.181193 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.29522 Volume II], [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.29522/2015.29522.The-Life-And-Opinions-Of-Major-General-Sir-Charles-Metcalf-Macgregor-Vol-ii#page/n411/mode/2up An overview of his career] page 395. Charles MacGregor arrived in India in December 1856, aged 16, served in the Bengal Army in many wars and campaigns, and explored in Eastern Persia. He was Quartermaster General 1880-1885, retired on medical grounds in 1886 and died 1887, aged 46. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_MacGregor Wikipedia]
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924023004264#page/n7/mode/2up ''My Service Days: India, Afghanistan, Suakim '85, and China''] by Maj.-Gen. Sir Norman Stewart 1908 Archive.org The author initially came to India in 1872 with the [[68th Regiment of Foot]] and subsequently joined the Indian Army where he held many positions, retiring in 1904
