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...cottish-American mercenary, who at times commanded units of Ranjit Singh's artillery forces. He often wore a uniform befitting a Scottish Highlander, including ...oirs fictitious. He credits Claude Auguste Court as the "architect of Sikh artillery."

...ribed as the "architect of Sikh artillery." He distinguished himself as an artillery commander and an ordnance officer. Paolo di Avitabile, a Neapolitan who dri

...ier of fortune, who started his career as a trumpeter in tlic Bengal Horse Artillery. In September 1829, lie left the British, and joined Maharaja Ranjit Singh'

...Details of top Officers, Ministers, Rulers, Generals (foreigners as well), Artillery-accord, Jamburkhana, Feelkhana, Stables and their officers, details of stat

...umni of National Defence Academy and was commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery from Indian Military Academy on 14 Nov 1971. A keen aviator, he has a great His command assignments include command of a Medium Artillery Regiment in Counter Insurgency Operational Area in Jammu & Kashmir, an Infa

...army at Chillianwala near the Jhelum River without proper reconnaisance or artillery support. Gough's army was driven back with heavy casualties. Sher Singh's a ...ot as effective as the belts of scrub and jungle which had hidden the Sikh artillery from view at Chillianwala.

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...urs of the morning of November 22, he ordered a force of cavalry and horse artillery to move to the Chenab crossing near Ramnagar, apparently intending to captu ...lry) to attack them. These drove back the Sikhs but were then hit by heavy artillery fire. The Sikh cavalry also turned about and hit their attackers, causing h

...ition and attack its left flank on the following day, but when some of his artillery engaged hovering Sikh cavalry, Sikh guns opened fire from hitherto conceale ...artillery numbered 66 guns, from the Royal Artillery and the Bengal Horse Artillery.

...r than the British guns, many of which were light guns of the Bengal Horse Artillery. Gough's heavy 18-pounder guns had been left behind at Mudki. As the artillery duelled, the British and Bengal infantry advanced. General Littler came und

...lowing morning that the Sikhs had already been defeated and dispersed. "An artillery battle from a distance ensued between the guns attached to the British cava ...10 February 1846, a little before dawn, the British opened the attack with artillery fire followed by advance by their main force. "The British guns wrought hav

...ousand sowars and an equal number of footsoldiers, besides a big topkhana (artillery), and closed in upon Banda Singh as he was putting up his defencive fortifi Khan's artillery barrages forced Banda Singh to come into the open field, where he made a d

...ded four regiments of infantry, one regiment of cavalry, and two troops of artillery. He remained on active duty during Maharaja Sher Singh's reign, but because

...rigadier MacCaskill and Sir Harry Smith with 48 guns and 4 troops of horse artillery. The authors also take a onesided view of the annexation. Following Lord Da

After the initial artillery salvoes, Smith determined that Aliwal was the Sikh weak point. He sent two ...regiment, and then cut down by fire from Smith's batteries of Bengal Horse Artillery.

...mmunication, and the arrival of reinforcements including much-needed heavy artillery and two battalions of Gurkhas. ...sion rejoined from Ludhiana, but Hardinge forced him to wait until a heavy artillery train had arrived. At last, he moved forward early on February 10. The star

...began pounding the area with his cannons. Massively outgunned and with no artillery themselves, the Sikhs headed for the safety of the hills, as their attacker

...brigade as if they had seen a ghost. They fled, galloping their own horse artillery and leaving behind their comrades at the mercy of the Sikhs. Dalhousie reco

Artillery attacks were frequent when Punjab was still open to depredations of the Afg

...Colonel Van Cortlandt, an Anglo-Indian soldier of fortune. Van Cortlandt's artillery caused heavy losses and Edwardes's pakhtuns counter-attacked. Mulraj's forc ...siegers consisted of Whish's division ((8,089 men, 32 siege guns, 12 horse artillery guns), Edwardes's irregulars (4,033 cavalry and 7,718 infantry), a continge