────────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────┬──────────────── 3 brigades of horse artillery, │each consisting of│ 3 European and │ │ 1 Native troop. ────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────┼──────────────── 5 battalions of European foot artillery;│each consisting of│ 4 companies. ────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────┼──────────────── 1 battalion of Native foot artillery │each consisting of│20 companies. ────────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────┴──────────────── The rocket-troop was to form one of the troops of a brigade. Lascar details were attached to the troops, and a company to each European company, and a driver company to each field-battery. These changes, however, were not even nominally carried into effect until the middle of the next year, owing to the scattered state of the regiment, the occupation the Burmese war gave, and the difficulty in obtaining a sufficient supply of European recruits to meet the demand. In reality, some of the troops of horse artillery were not formed until the end of 1826; we therefore shall not in this place give a tabular statement of the strength of the regiment, but reserve it until we arrive at the year 1826, when a reorganization of the native battalion made another change, and the state of the regiment, before and after its alteration, will then be seen at one glance. The aggression of the Burmese on our frontiers, and the contempt with which they treated all remonstrances, forced the Indian Government reluctantly to declare war in 1824. Unfortunately, little was known of the country, and a most injudicious plan of operations was drawn out, which, by seizing Rangoon and the numerous native craft the maritime capital was expected to furnish, embarking the troops in them, and sailing up the Irawaddy in the rainy season, and threatening Amerapoora, was to terminate the war in one campaign. With this intention the expedition sailed in April, and was joined by the Madras portion early in May at Port Cornwallis in the Andaman Islands. Two companies of the Bengal Artillery with their lascars accompanied the expedition. Major Pollock, Commandant; Lieutenant Laurenson, Adjutant; Lieutenant B. Brown, Deputy Quarter-master General.