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...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

...um. While crossing the river, Zaman Shah lost most men, supplies and heavy artillery due to upsurge. Eventually, Shah Zaman and his remaining army reached Kanda ...n Mokham Chand and Karam Chand Chahal from Burhan with a force of cavalry, artillery, and a battalion of infantry to meet the Afghans.[40]

...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

...n it sounded. They attacked with their artillery; when they finished their artillery fire they attacked with their guns; when they finished their bullets they f

...hgarh Sahib. Inside this fort were stationed 800 infantry, 200 cavalry, 80 artillery men, 10 big cannons and 12 small cannons. Maha Singh, a seasoned general, w

...o was strongly dug in with his rearguards well protected by cleverly sited artillery. Dry gullies and deep ravines lay at right angles across the line of advanc ...wn the road between Kamya and Myingyan when it was pinned down by accurate artillery and machinegun fire directed at it from a series of strongpoints and foxhol

troops had been firing at the Post. There was no artillery fire, only machine guns. It is only when the attack started that artillery was

...giment of Dragoons in 1823. By 1825, the Fauji Khas (infantry, cavalry and artillery) was 5000-6000 strong. The training was based on a French pamphlet Allard h

...ent much time with training units, and in France he was at a rest camp for artillery horses from the front where this photograph was taken and sent as a postcar

...hile foot soldiers included poorbia mercenaries hired from all over India. Artillery was in command of a capable Punjabi leader named Mian Ghaus Khan. Support t ...he colapse was planned, citing the death of the Dogra Prince. The European artillery officer of Ranjit Singh recounted his being asked by [[Dhyan Singh Dogra]]

...uary 1794, the Marathas with the support of Begam Samru's well disciplined artillery regiment could frustrate the Sikhs' attempt to seize Saharanpur. ...ardars on both sides of the Yamuna and was often successful because of his artillery, an arm the Sikhs were yet to possess. In April 1798, George Thomas gave u

At the age of seventeen, Atar Siṅgh enlisted as a gunner in the Artillery, later getting himself transferred to the 54th Sikh Battalion stationed at