Memoir of the Services of the Bengal Artillery: From the Formation of the Corps to the Present Time, with Some Account of Its Internal OrganizationBuckle, E. (Edmond)
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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
Buckle, E. (Edmond)
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947; India -- History, Military; India. Army. Bengal Artillery
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FOOT ARTILLERY. │EUROPEAN.│Non-commissioned Staff. │ -│ 23
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〃 │ 〃 │Non-commissioned Officers.│ 264│ 249
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〃 │ 〃 │Bombardiers and Gunners. │ 2160│ 1469
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〃 │ 〃 │Buglers. │ 48│ 37
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〃 │ NATIVE. │Native Officers. │ 45│ 39
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〃 │ 〃 │Non-commissioned Staff. │ -│ -
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〃 │ 〃 │Non-commissioned Officers.│ 240│ 245
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〃 │ 〃 │Privates. │ 1500│ 1632
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〃 │ 〃 │Buglers. │ 30│ 32
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〃 │LASCARS. │Native Officers. │ 39│ 49
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〃 │ 〃 │Non-commissioned Officers.│ 156│ 190
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〃 │ 〃 │Privates. │ 2730│ 3261
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〃 │DRIVERS. │Sirdars. │ 76│ 129
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〃 │ 〃 │Drivers. │ 1615│ 2640
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Forming a total of 8,094, including lascars, and excluding drivers.
The infantry of the army at this period amounted to about 64,000 men, or
nearly in the proportion of eight infantry to one artilleryman, bringing
the relative numbers of the two branches pretty much to what they were
in 1796, at which time the infantry were 7½ to one artilleryman.
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