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	Indian Mutiny
		Bengal Artillery and Commissary of Ordnance at Delhi, aged 28 years.
		Lieutenant Bengal Artillery, who fell mortally wounded before Delhi on the 20th and died on the 27th of July 1857.
		Bengal Artillery Who, whilst gallanty fulfilling his duties, was treacherously killed by the mutineers in the boats at Cawnpore, on the 27th of June 1857, in his 18th year, respected and beloved by all that knew him."
	members.tripod.com /~Glosters/IM8.htm (1482 words)

	Dum-Dum - LoveToKnow 1911
		DUM-DUM, a town and cantonment in British India at the head of an administrative subdivision in the district of the Twenty-four Parganas, in the presidency division of Bengal, with a station on the Eastern Bengal railway, 41 m.
		It was the headquarters of the Bengal artillery from 1783 to 1853, when they were transferred to Meerut as a more central station; and its possession of a cannon foundry and a percussion-cap factory procured for it the name of the Woolwich of India.
		It was at Dum-Dum that the treaty of 1757 was signed by which the nawab of Bengal ratified the privileges of the English, allowed Calcutta to be fortified, and bestowed freedom of trade.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Dum-Dum (443 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Bengal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1774 he became Governor-General of Bengal, in effect the first Governor-General of India, and during his term of office introduced many of the administrative reforms vital to the successful maintenance of British rule in India.
		Physical Situated at the head of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh is mainly occupied by the deltas of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra.
		It is a port on the Bay of Bengal and a district administrative center, with fishing and shipbuilding industries.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Bengal&StartAt=41 (763 words)

	Wm Hocker \| Indian Mutiny
		Expansion of British East India Company control in India in the first half of the century leads many Indians to fear subjugation of social and religious customs, causing increased resentment to the British presence.
		In 1857 a new rifle cartridge which must be bitten open before loading is thought by the troops to be greased with pig fat and hence seen as a religious defilement.
		The mutiny spreads to Delhi with Europeans soon being killed mercilessly throughout Bengal.
	www.wmhocker.com /mutiny.htm (180 words)

	9 Bty History
		There were approximately 100 Gunners of 1st Coy Bengal Artillery (now 9 Plassey Battery RA) reinforced by 50 naval ratings from HMS Tiger, together with 150 Lascars.
		Captain William jennings commanded the Artillery with 3 6 pounder guns on either flank.
		At that date the indian guns were still being loaded and primed with loose powder by ladies and a sudden downpour would have rendered it, and therefore the guns, temporarily useless.
	www.12regtra.com /Regimental_Orbat_flow_chart/9_Plassey_Battery/9_Bty_History/9_bty_history.html (905 words)

	Regiment of Artillery (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Regiment of Artillery in India was raised on 28 September 1827 with the raising of Bombay Artillery which was later renamed as 5 Bombay Mountain Battery.
		Later artillery proved to be battle winning factor in defence of Srinagar airfield and subsequent route of Pakistani tribesmen in Jammu region and Kashmir Valley.
		In the Royal Indian Artillery, the crown was replaced by a star - representing the Star of India and instead of UBIQUE the crest carried the world India to distinguish the Royal Indian Artillery from the Royal Artillery.
	indianarmy.nic.in /ararty1.htm (1865 words)

	26 Regiment Royal Artillery - 55 (The Residency) Head Quarter Battery
		The Battery remained in India and was involved in the 3rd Mysore War 1799 and the second siege of Bhurtpore 1825 - 1826.
		At 0001 hours on October 1st 1992 the Battery title was transferred to the Headquarters Battery of 26 Regiment Royal Artillery, based in Gutersloh, Germany.
		Thomas Troop provided mortar locating assets to the Divisional Artillery Group in the Sanski Most area which was 2 Canadian Multinational Brigade's Area of Responsibility (AOR).
	www.army.mod.uk /26regtra/55_hq_bty.htm (1128 words)

	Battle of Chillianwallah - The Sikh Wars
		The pitching of camp by the Army of the Punjab was interrupted when a battery of Sikh artillery advanced and opened fire on the British and Bengalis, until they were forced to retire by the fire of Gough’s heavy artillery.
		The whole of the Sikh artillery into action and it became clear that the Sikhs had advanced well forward from their fortified position and that battle was imminent.
		In many instances the charges were delivered when regiments of Bengal Light Cavalry baulked at clashing with the feared Sikhs, leaving the 3rd to attack unsupported and against overwhelming odds, the officers and soldiers knowing the Sikhs gave no quarter and inflicted appalling wounds with their razor sharp kirpans.
	www.britishbattles.com /second-sikh-war/chillianwallah.htm (3683 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At the same time, some of the Khalsa had to be kept in being, since many predominantly Moslem areas of the Sikh kingdom threatened to ally with Dost Mohammed Khan in Afghanistan or to lapse into disorder, and only force of arms could keep them in subjugation.
		On August 18, he was joined by a small force from the Bengal Army under General Whish to begin the siege of the city.
		Promotion in both the British and Bengal armies came slowly, and by the time officers were appointed to command regiments and brigades, they were too old, and worn out by harsh climate and disease.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Second_Anglo-Sikh_War (2061 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Hastings Edward Harington
		He was 25 years old, and a Lieutenant in the Bengal Artillery, Indian Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
		According to a small volume published by Nisbet and Co, Berners Street, British Army Scripture Readers' and Soldier's Friend Society, (1862) his military career began on June 12 1852 when he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Bengal Artillery.
		Shortly after his arrival in India he proceeded on service with the Sikkim Field Force and was afterwards appointed adjutant 6th Battalion Bengal Artillery at Agra where he died from cholera on July 20.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Hastings_Edward_Harington (545 words)

	General Douglas
		Artillery drafts proceeding by water from Dum Dum to Cawnpore.
		entered the pass, the horse artillery and Dragoons were permitted to commence their march.
		Bengal Artillery [IOR: L/MIL/5,79 f.172] and a made a Brevet Major on 20 July 1858.
	www.britishmedals.us /collections/TB/heic/douglas.html (952 words)

	ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY
		The following Victoria Crosses are held by the Royal Artillery Museum
		148 Bty, Royal Artillery (on loan to RA Museum)
		VCs held by 'L' (Néry) Bty, Royal Horse Artillery
	www.victoriacross.org.uk /ccrrart.htm (83 words)

	58 (Eyres) Battery Royal Artillery
		The Battery was formed in 1786 as No.4 Company, the 3rd Bengal Artillery, in the East India Company.
		It did not form part of the British Army until 1861, when the East India Company was dissolved and its Artillery transferred to the Royal Artillery.
		In 1857, when the Indian Mutiny broke out, the Battery bore the title ´3rd Field Battery´and was commanded by Major Vincent Eyre.
	www.army.mod.uk /12regtra/58_bty.htm (340 words)

	HALDIA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
		The queens of Mirpur or Mirjapurfounded a artillery division in the leadership of some Portuguese soldiers, to fight the 'Bargi menace' in Bengal.
		Bengal plays eternally on the waterfront rippling the surface of the backwaters.
		The port has been a catalyst in emergence of Haldia as the industrial hub of West Bengal and its sustained growth had put Kolkata Port Trust in the 4th rank among major Indian ports in the year 1999-2000.
	www.hdaindia.com /tourism.htm (2236 words)

	Jomini on Modern Maritime Expeditions
		They reached the apex of their greatness under Solyman I., who besieged and captured Rhodes (1552) with an army stated to have reached the number of one hundred and forty thousand men,-which was still formidable even upon the supposition of its strength being exaggerated by one-half.
		In this memorable siege the Turks exhibited more skill than previously: their artillery, of very heavy caliber, was well served and, for the first time, they made use of trenches, which were the invention of an Italian engineer.
		The artillery materiel at the disposal of the Army of the East comprised one thousand seven hundred guns, two thousand gun-carriages, two thousand seven hundred wagons, two millions of projectiles, and nine million pounds of powder.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/JominiME.html (4098 words)

	The Sutlej Campaign - the 31st Regiment in the First Sikh War
		The sepoy regiments from Bengal had not recovered from Afghanistan and their morale was low.
		That type of artillery needed to be used boldly in order to get close enough to the enemy to be effective.
		The artillery would limber up and move closer to the enemy keeping outside effective musketry range until the infantry passed through the gun line into the assault.
	www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk /reg_in_india/india21_1.html (1161 words)

	55 'The Residency ' Bty RA
		As the second company of the 3rd Battalion, the Bengal Artillery,it was equipped with the 6 pounder gun.
		The Battery remained in India and was involved in the 3rd Mysore War (1799) and the second siege of Bhurtope (1825-1826).
		At 0001 hrs on October 1st 1992 the Battery title was transferred to the HQ Battery of 26 Regt Royal Artillery, based in Gutersloh, Germany.
	www.webspawner.com /users/mick759/index.html (715 words)

	Lord Roberts of Kandahar. Biography.
		He served with distinction in the Indian Mutiny, winning the V.C. for repeated acts of heroism, but he will chiefly be remembered as the man who curbed the unruly spirit of the treacherous Afghans, wiping out the memory of British defeats and bringing peace to the North-West Frontier.
		In 1867 Roberts was appointed Assistant Quartermaster-General to Sir Donald Stewart’s Bengal Brigade for Abyssinia.
		Lord Roberts was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry in the face of the enemy while serving as a Lieutenant in the Bengal Horse Artillery (Indian Army) during the Indian Mutiny.
	www.pinetreeweb.com /roberts-bio.htm (4286 words)

	Chapter CHILAW <i>to</i> CHINA of C by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary
		A basin of brass (as in Bengal), or tinned copper (as usually in the West and South) for washing hands.
		The latter word is used chiefly by Anglo-Indians of the Bengal Presidency and their servants.
		And it is told of a gallant veteran of the old Bengal Artillery, who was full of “Presidential” prejudices, that on hearing the Bombay army commended by a brother officer, he broke out in just wrath : “The Bombay Army !
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/260/1270/19929/1.html (698 words)

	Seringapatam 1799: British Regiments
		On arrival at Madras almost all of its complement of 860 men enlisted in the British Army and served with distinction as a separate regiment in India (1795-1806), the Mediterranean (1807-1813), and Canada (1813-1816), until its final disbandment in September 1816.
		From 1841; the HEIC 1st Bengal (European) Regiment; from 1841, the HEIC 1st (Bengal European) Light Infantry; from 1846 the HEIC 1st (Bengal European) Fusiliers; from 1858, The 1st Bengal Fusiliers; from 1861 the 101st (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) Regiment; from 1881, linked to the 104th (Bengal Fusiliers) Regiment to form The Royal Munster Fusiliers.
		From 1839, the HEIC 1st Bombay (European) Regiment; from 1844, the HEIC 1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers; from 1858, The 1st Bombay Fusiliers; from 1861, the 103rd Royal Bombay Fusiliers; from 1881, linked to the 102nd (Royal Madras Fusiliers to form The Royal Dublin Fusiliers; disbanded 1922.
	www.lib.mq.edu.au /digital/seringapatam/regiments.html (509 words)

	BY JINGO - Colonial Wargames Page
		Artillery ranged from HEIC Horse Artillery (from Bengal & Bombay Presidencies), to elephant-drawn siege guns.
		On the mutineers side were units of Bengal Native infantry and cavalry, many of whom retained vestiges of uniform and equipment.
		Royal Artillery reinforcements came from Britain with Campbell in August 1857 and were then present at several actions.
	www.geocities.com /cdferree/history/cawnpore/Mutiny1.htm (4590 words)

	Gunners Net (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The stable jacket of Hills-Johnes VC The Royal Artillery Museum celebrated 150 years of the Victoria Cross with a special two day exhibition held on 24 and 25 June 2006.
		He was a member of the Bengal Horse Artillery and was awarded a VC for the seige of Delhi, Indian Mutiny, 9 July 1857.
		It is rumoured that Queen Victoria awarded the VCs to the 62 recipients while on horseback, and leaning forward in the saddle, managed to stab one commander in the chest, fixing the pin to his flesh.
	tibbsau.com /gnrs041.html (365 words)

	Sources for the study of Afghanistan, 1809-38
		Drawings of the caves of Jalalabad and Kabul, with descriptions (c1850), from the collection of Charles Masson (1800-53), (pseudonym of James Lewis), Bengal Artillery 1822, deserted 1827, traveller, Agent to the Government of India at Kabul 1834-36.
		One general view of the caves of Bamian, and drawings of architectural details, with descriptions (c1850), from the collection of Charles Masson (1800-53), (pseudonym of James Lewis), Bengal Artillery 1822, deserted 1827, traveller, Agent to the Government of India at Kabul 1834-36.
		Masson Collection: papers of Charles Masson (1800-53), (pseudonym of James Lewis), Bengal Artillery 1822, deserted 1827, traveller, Agent to the Government of India at Kabul 1834-36, comprising correspondence, journals and narratives and other topographical, historical and numismatic papers, notes, sketch maps and drawings relating to Afghanistan, Punjab, Sind Baluchistan and Persia.
	www.bl.uk /collections/afghan/sources1809to1838.html (1180 words)

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		It was frequently in action, most notably during the siege of Pondichery in 1793, the Nepal war 1814 and the second siege of Bhurtpore in 1805, the Nepal war 1814 and the second siege of Bhurtpore in 1825.
		During the first relief of lucknow, Captain Olpherts or “Hellfire Jack” as he was known (later General Sir William Olpherts) won the Victoria Cross for conspicuous gallantry; he charged the enemy on horseback and captured two rebel guns which were pouring fire onto the flanks of the advancing forces.
		To commemorate this distinction on 19th October 1966, the honour title “OLPHERTS” was awarded to 56 Battery Royal Artillery as the direct descendants of Captain Olpherts Battery.
	members.aol.com /missilereg/Page56bty.htm (357 words)

	Napoleon Series Reviews: Osprey Napoleonic Artillery
		In the last couple of years Osprey has published an excellent series of volumes on artillery of the Napoleonic period. There are five volumes that are worthy of note and that are handy references for a myriad or artillery questions that may come up from time to time.
		Errors are few and far between, and nearly imperceptible. The only two I found were on plate D1 of Henry's field artillery volume which incorrectly identify the trunnions and axletree of the British 9-pounder. It is undoubtedly an oversight.
		Rockets are not covered in the British field artillery volume either, though they are in Volume 2. This would have been helpful and quite illustrative of a new weapon that was employed on battlefields both in Europe and North America.
	www.napoleon-series.org /reviews/military/c_ospreyartillery.html (153 words)

	Battle of Goojerat - The Sikh Wars
		All the Bengal cavalry regiments that fought at Goojerat ceased to exist in 1857.
		The remaining Bengal infantry regiments that fought at Goojerat ceased to exist in 1857.
		On the left bank of the Dawa Nullah the artillery cleared the row of villages of their Sikh garrisons and Campbells’ three brigades advanced unopposed, enabling the guns to move forward and take the main Sikh line in enfilade across the Dawa, causing numerous casualties and contributing to the general retreat of the Sikh army.
	www.britishbattles.com /second-sikh-war/goojerat.htm (3468 words)

	Lion's Teeth: The Artillery of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
		Ironically, the artillery which formed such a crucial part of this modern army was almost certainly developed at first with the tacit approval of the British and later with their unwitting help.
		Thereafter horse artillery remained an important section of the Sikh ordnance under the command of Mir Mazhar Ali Beg.
		The earliest dated Sikh howitzer was produced in 1835, predating a presentation of two EIC 9pr howitzers by 3 years, suggesting that Sikh engineers not only appreciated the importance of this weapon, but were also rapidly closing the developmental gap.
	www.sikhspectrum.com /112005/artillery_maharaja_ranjit_singh.htm (2790 words)

	Memoir to the Pollock Medal
		He was, however, almost immediately made "Assistant-adjutant-general to the artillery" a new appointment which Lord Hastings appears to have created in order to retain Pollock on the staff, and which he held with credit to himself and advantage to his regiment until he received his commission as Lieutenant-colonel on the 1st May, 1824.
		He was present, as commanding officer of artillery, with General Cotton's division at the storming of the stockades at Simbike, in front of Prome, and at the defeat of the Shaans on the 1st December, 1825, when the Commander-in-chief, in his despatches, made favourable mention of his service.
		He returned to India in 1830, and was posted to the command of a battalion of artillery at Cawnpore, where he remained until, owing to his standing in the service, he was nominated early in 1838 as Brigadier general to command the division at Dinapore.
	pollock.4mg.com /Memoir.htm (10362 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Bengal
		Bofors was stigmatised after allegations of kickbacks raised a political storm since its howitzers were inducted into the army in 1987, but the guns performed so well in the Kargil war that the army still prides itself on the acquisition.
		After the de-facto ban on Bofors, Indian artillery has neither inducted new guns nor upgraded the old ones in 18 years.
		The Defence Research and Development Organisation has developed a global positioning system and a navigation system that can be used for the gun.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1051215/asp/bengal/story_5603047.asp (387 words)

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