Calcutta Review, Volume 29University of Calcutta., 1857 |
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Page 99
... force , numerous enough for the requirements of the Bengal presidency . It consists of , in round numbers , thirty - six batteries of 216 guns , eighty - four squadrons , and fifty - seven battalions , in all 75,000 men ; an army ...
... force , numerous enough for the requirements of the Bengal presidency . It consists of , in round numbers , thirty - six batteries of 216 guns , eighty - four squadrons , and fifty - seven battalions , in all 75,000 men ; an army ...
Page 100
... force only . Posted judici- ously through the country , we think the force we have mentioned enough . There is however margin for its increase , should it be deemed necessary . We would have the drivers as well as the gunners European ...
... force only . Posted judici- ously through the country , we think the force we have mentioned enough . There is however margin for its increase , should it be deemed necessary . We would have the drivers as well as the gunners European ...
Page 103
... force which is part and parcel of a regular army . There is much duty for light horse in India , which is suited to natives only . Experience has proved this description of force both cheap and efficient . We therefore propose to retain ...
... force which is part and parcel of a regular army . There is much duty for light horse in India , which is suited to natives only . Experience has proved this description of force both cheap and efficient . We therefore propose to retain ...
Page 104
This force would not be used , as a rule , in charging bodies of men , but purely as light horse , in keeping open communications , clearing roads , intercepting the enemy's orderlies and despatches , feeling the way of the army , and ...
This force would not be used , as a rule , in charging bodies of men , but purely as light horse , in keeping open communications , clearing roads , intercepting the enemy's orderlies and despatches , feeling the way of the army , and ...
Page 111
... force to , as a rule . Secondly , it is a distinction , and as far as the natives are concerned , would at once mark them as a different force from the locals . Thirdly , it does away with companies of elite , an institution to which ...
... force to , as a rule . Secondly , it is a distinction , and as far as the natives are concerned , would at once mark them as a different force from the locals . Thirdly , it does away with companies of elite , an institution to which ...
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