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Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, William Olpherts, George Pollock, Proby Cautley, Henry Montgomery Lawrence, Hastings Edward Harington, Henry Tombs, Edward Montagu, James Abbott, John William Kaye, Charles Pratt Kennedy. Excerpt: Charles Pratt Kennedy (died 1875 ) was an officer in the Bengal Artillery (later Royal Artillery ) from 1808 to 1865. He is considered the founder of Shimla, summer capital of British India and now the capital city of Himachal Pradesh . Footnotes (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Edward Montagu (1755 1799), Indian officer, was youngest son of Admiral John Montagu, and brother to Admiral Sir George Montagu and Captain James Montagu . Educated at the Royal Academy of Woolwich, he went out to Bengal as an East India cadet in 1770. There being no commission vacant on his arrival, he was first placed in the select picket, a military body composed of the cadets then present at Calcutta . On 16 May 1772 he was admitted into the Bengal Artillery as lieutenant-fireworker, and by 24 Sept. 1777 he had risen to the rank of first-lieutenant of artillery . He was attached to Brigadier-general Thomas Goddard 's army during the Mahratta campaign of 1781, and was successfully employed against certain Mahratta forts on the Rohilcund border, on one occasion being severely wounded in the face by an arrow. In 1782 he accompanied Colonel Pearce's detachment, sent to join Sir Eyre Coote (1726 1783), then engaged against Haider Ali and his French allies in the Carnatic, and in 1783 he commanded the English artillery in the siege unsuccessfully attempted by General James Stuart of Cuddalore, a strong Carnatic fortress then held by the French. On the conclusion of the war in the Carnatic (1784), Montagu returned to Bengal. He was promoted to a cap...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Bengal Artillery Officers; Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, William Olpherts, George Pollock, Proby Cautley, Henry Montgomery Lawrence. To get started finding Bengal Artillery Officers; Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, William Olpherts, George Pollock, Proby Cautley, Henry Montgomery Lawrence, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, William Olpherts, George Pollock, Proby Cautley, Henry Montgomery Lawrence, Hastings Edward Harington, Henry Tombs, Edward Montagu, James Abbott, John William Kaye, Charles Pratt Kennedy. Excerpt: Charles Pratt Kennedy (died 1875 ) was an officer in the Bengal Artillery (later Royal Artillery ) from 1808 to 1865. He is considered the founder of Shimla, summer capital of British India and now the capital city of Himachal Pradesh . Footnotes (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Edward Montagu (1755 1799), Indian officer, was youngest son of Admiral John Montagu, and brother to Admiral Sir George Montagu and Captain James Montagu . Educated at the Royal Academy of Woolwich, he went out to Bengal as an East India cadet in 1770. There being no commission vacant on his arrival, he was first placed in the select picket, a military body composed of the cadets then present at Calcutta . On 16 May 1772 he was admitted into the Bengal Artillery as lieutenant-fireworker, and by 24 Sept. 1777 he had risen to the rank of first-lieutenant of artillery . He was attached to Brigadier-general Thomas Goddard 's army during the Mahratta campaign of 1781, and was successfully employed against certain Mahratta forts on the Rohilcund border, on one occasion being severely wounded in the face by an arrow. In 1782 he accompanied Colonel Pearce's detachment, sent to join Sir Eyre Coote (1726 1783), then engaged against Haider Ali and his French allies in the Carnatic, and in 1783 he commanded the English artillery in the siege unsuccessfully attempted by General James Stuart of Cuddalore, a strong Carnatic fortress then held by the French. On the conclusion of the war in the Carnatic (1784), Montagu returned to Bengal. He was promoted to a cap...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Bengal Artillery Officers; Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, William Olpherts, George Pollock, Proby Cautley, Henry Montgomery Lawrence. To get started finding Bengal Artillery Officers; Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, William Olpherts, George Pollock, Proby Cautley, Henry Montgomery Lawrence, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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