NOTES TO APPENDIX C.

Formed from the Horse Artillery galloper guns raised at different periods between 1760 and 1800, and attached to Regiments of Cavalry. It first served as a distinct troop with Sir David Baird's Division of the Army that fought in Egypt under Sir Ralph Abercrombie in 1801.

(a) Extract from G. O. by G. G. of India, dated Agra, 11/4/43:-"The 1st Troop "of the Bombay Horse Artillery shall hereafter, for ever, be denominated Leslie's 'Troop of Horse Artillery; and shall, in addition to all other decorations or "inscriptions upon its appointments, bear the eagle."

(b) The 7th Battalion was formed from the Royal Irish Artillery. G. O. 1/4/01. × Two Companies of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions of Royal Artillery were formed in 1771. The remaining Companies of these three Battalions and the first six Companies of the 4th Battalion were formed at different periods from 1716 to 1757. Their identity with those Batteries now in the Service cannot be traced.

+ Date of formation unknown, but these Batteries are mentioned in G. O. dated 19/3/1800.

N.B.-The Companies of the 11th and 12th Battalions are in almost every case shown as existing only since 1848. But as they were-in many instances—already existing as the 9th and 10th Companies of other Battalions before that year, they are really entitled to an earlier date, if it could be accurately traced in each case.

G. E. WYNDHAM MALET, CAPTAIN R.A.