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...gs of the bystanders found vent in a sort of loud gasp like Ah-h! Wrote an artillery officer who was required to supervise such an execution. "Then many of them

...apanese came so close that the Imphal airfields were within range of enemy artillery fire. Maximum air effort was put in by No. 1 Squadron, flying 412 sorties i

...00gardiala Soldier and traveller; memoirs of Alexander Gardner, Colonel of Artillery in the service of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1898)Author: Gardner, Alexander Ha

...o invest Jam rud. The Sikh garrison there had only 600 men and a few light artillery pieces. The Afghans besieged the fort and cut off its water supply while a

...e small fort used by the Sikhs was surrounded by 700 cavalry equipped with artillery. In the ''History Of The Sikhs'': Hari Ram Gupta, pp.293. </ref><ref>.. ...rger because of the uncounted infantry soldiers of the army that drove the artillery. Mughals specialized in cavalry but this was a siege. Hence we expect Mugha

...ib. Following orders, in 1757, Jahan Khan proceeded to Amritsar with heavy artillery. Many Sikhs died trying to defend Sri Harimander Sahib but unfortunately th

Employing something never seen before in India—gun carts, moveable artillery, and superior cavalry tactics, Babur achieved a resounding victory. A year

...mraj's father, Brindaban, was a peshadast or advance guard in the imperial artillery and his ancestors had served the Mughals for three generations. Kamraj hims

...nse of the fort was in the hands of Gulab Singh. According to his European artillery commander Alexander Gardner:

...tor and judge, and Claude Auguste Court, "the architect of Lahore Darbar's artillery." However, Maharaja Ranjit Singh kept the Europeans under strict control an

! Artillery ...itish troops were by far in the minority, had little ammunition and sparse artillery support, so it was obvious that it would be very hard to stand to. Two comp

...with 1721 wounded; the Sikhs lost about 2000 men and another 73 pieces of artillery.

..., 23 Cavalry, 128 Pioneers, Malaya State Guides,23 Mountain Battery, 24Jat Artillery, 15 Cancers, 22 Mountain Battery,130 Baluch and 21 Punjabi did come out in

...me the final blow when a full battalion of the enemy strongly supported by artillery and 3" Mortar fire launched an attack on the south western part of the city

...own arms. The Maharani, however chose to fight. For two days, Sher Singh's artillery shelled the fort, but with little effect. On the evening of 17 January 1841

...was dismissed with an annuity of Rs 1,50,00O and "an officer of Company's artillery became, in effect, the successor to Ranjit Singh"

...ngst other things, that "Indians be made eligible for commissioning in the Artillery Engineers, Signal, Tank and Air arms of the Army in India" . ...ember 1929, the highest-scoring candidate (Prem Singh Gyani) opted for the Artillery while those topping the list for the Royal Air Force College at Cranwell we

...f 13th Frontier Force Rifles and Subadar Major Umrao Singh of Royal Indian Artillery.

...ial armies approaching in countless numbers, Guru Gobind Singh ordered his artillery men to light their fuses : and discharge their cannons. The battle raged wi ...he hostile army at the thickest spot. The enemy made a charge to seize the artillery, but were quickly restrained by the fatal accuracy with which the Sikhs ser

...s, but other Sikh soldiers then destroyed our tanks with the help of their artillery. Fighting with great bravery they kept on marching forward and thus our arm