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
Major-Gen. Duff,
Col.-Gen. Deare,
Lieut.-Col. Bruce,
Lieut.-Col. C. Green,
Lieut.-Col. Woodburn,
Lt.-Col. Montague,
Major Scott,
Major Rattray,
Major Mackintyre,
Major Burnett,
Major Holland,
Major Barton,
Major Carnegie,
Major Gordon,
Major Horsford.
Footnote 38:
Ten had been added in December, 1797.
Footnote 39:
The lascars can scarcely be called artillerymen; it is true that they
fill certain _numbers_ at the gun, but the greater portion were
employed on the drag-ropes.
Footnote 40:
3 King’s Regiments 3,000
2 Companies European Regiment 2,500
17 Native Regiments 35,360
——————
40,860
——————
Footnote 41:
The 6-pounder of that day was probably four hundred weight and a half.
Footnote 42:
Lieut.-Colonel Montague, Commandant; Lieutenant Drummond, Adjutant;
Lieutenant R. Browne, Quarter-Master.
───────────────────────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────
Lascar Companies. │6, 20 │11, 27 │18, 25 │10, 17
───────────────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────
Company. │3 │5 │1 │2
───────────────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────
Battalion. │1 │2 │3 │3
───────────────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────
Captains. │Grace │Clarke │Tomkyns │Glass
│Dunn │ │ │
───────────────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────
Captain-Lieutenants. │Caldwell │Collier │Toppin │Balfour
───────────────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────
Lieutenants. │Pennington│Hetzler │ │A. Dunn
│Green │Douglas │ │
───────────────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────
Lieutenant-Fireworkers. │Bayle │Graham │Hay │Ahmuty
│Richards │ │ │Brooke
───────────────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────
Non-Com. Officers and │56 │63 │69 │72
Gunners. │ │ │ │
───────────────────────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────
Footnote 43:
Royal Artillery.
Footnote 44:
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