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...d Ilahi Bakhsh, the latter of whom rose to the rank of general in the Sikh artillery. Part IV is a long dedicatory poem in honour of the Maharaja.

...ur to the right, and hastingly retreated towards Ludhiana. Ranjodh Singh's artillery opened up a cannonade on the retiring British force. A portion of it was wo

...about ninety kilometers north of Delhi). Employing gun carts, moveable artillery, and superior cavalry tactics, Babur achieved a resounding victory. A yea

...ords of British historian John Dark Marshman, "an officer of the Company's artillery became, in fact, the successor to Ranjit Singh." The Sikhs resented this gr ...ch howitzers drawn by elephants. In addition, there were 6 troops of horse artillery and 3 light and 2 heavy field batteries. Its total strength amounted to 24,

...gh malwai. In this fort were stationed 300 infantry men, 100 horsemen, 10 artillery men, two big and two small cannons.(3) ...amed Shankargarh. Here there were stationed 500 infantry, 300 cavalry, 35 artillery men, two big and 10 small cannons. Lehna Singh Sandhanwalia, a well-known w

...fter education at schools in Londonderry and Bristol, he joined the Bengal Artillery, in 1823, as a SecondLieutenant. In 1833, lie was appointed an officer for

...and captured both the preliminary objectives. The enemy brought down heavy artillery fire and counter-attacks three times. Two of the counter-attacks were beate ...and, anticipating an attack, the enemy had ensured heavy concentration of artillery fire. The attack was launched before midnight on November 2, 1965.

...t they regrouped quickly and launched a fresh attack under the cover of an artillery barrage.

...tour to the right, and hastily retreated towards Ludhiana. Ranjodh Singh's artillery opened up a cannonade on the retiring British force. A portion of it was wo

...ng there in early 1827. Maharaja RANJIT Singh gave Court employment in the artillery befitting his talents and scientific attainments. Court was responsible for

...n Lawrence also disbanded and dispersed the 92,000 strong Khalsa army. Its artillery was dismantled and carted away to Calcutta, and its ghorcharndas and jagird

...Haripur to expel the Sikh governor. At this juncture, Commodore Canora, an artillery officer in the Fort, who was in secret communication with Captain Abbott, r

...e regiment at Sabathu in the hills and two at Ludhiana, with six pieces of artillery, equalling in all about 2,500 men. The total rose to 8,000 during the time ...riving at each of the frontier posts of Firozpur and Ludhiana. Cavalry and artillery regiments moved up to Ambala and Kasauli. Works were in the process of erec

...Singh Nalua, Infantry by Dhanna Singh Malwai, and Jagat Singh Attariwala, Artillery by Mian Ghaus Khan. Dost Mohammed Khan managed to reconcile by paying a han ...ners in his military services. Famous one's were General Allard leading an artillery regiment and General Ventura leading a regiment made up of Poorbia (Bihar,

...sign Brasyer was thirty-six years old. He had enlisted as a private in the artillery of the East India Company and later was promoted to quartermaster-sergeant

...son. They argued that turbans offered as good a protection as helmets from artillery shells and aerial bombardment, if not better. No other headgear could take Yet in another case, Sikhs of the 12th Heavy Regiment of the Royal Artillery Hong Kong Battery, and some Sikhs of the Hong Kong Garrison refused to wear

...men of regular infantry, a regiment each of grenadiers and dragoons and an artillery corps of 30 guns. It was partly trained on the British model and partly on

...is men were handed over to Ibrahim udDin Khan, the miriatash (commander of artillery) for confinement in prison inside the fort. His threeyearold son along with

...erestimated the firepower possessed by the militants. Thus,tanks and heavy artillery were used to forcefully suppress the anti-tank and machine-gun fire. After

...that most of the [[jatha]]s were gradually equipped with firearms. Heavy artillery pieces were not favoured, as they impeded mobility and speed. However, as