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General Return of the Troops belonging to the Presidency of Bombay, composing the Army assembled for Field Service

Lieutenant-General James Stuart, Commander in Chief, Head Quarters, Cananore, 11 February, 1799.

Prepared by Robert Gordon, Adjutant General

CORPS

Detachment of Artillery and Lascars
Commanded by: Lieut. Colonel Lawman
Rank and File (Europeans)
Rank and File (Sepoys)
137
314
Total Fighting Men (Europeans)
Total Fighting Men (Sepoys)
166
344
 
Detachment of Engineers
Commanded by: Colonel Sartorius
Rank and File (Europeans)
Rank and File (Sepoys)
0
0
Total Fighting Men (Europeans)
Total Fighting Men (Sepoys)
7
0
 
Right Native Brigade
Commanded by: Lieut. Colonel Montresor
 
1st Battalion 2nd Regiment Native Infantry
Commanded by: Major Lawrence
Rank and File (Sepoys) 584 Total Fighting Men (Sepoys) 653
 
1st Battalion 4th Regiment Native Infantry
Commanded by: Major Disney
Rank and File (Sepoys) 600 Total Fighting Men (Sepoys) 672
 
1st Battalion 3rd Regiment Native Infantry
Commanded by: Lieut. Col. Inignam
Rank and File (Sepoys) 599 Total Fighting Men (Sepoys) 663
 
Centre or European Brigade
Commanded by: Lieut. Colonel Dunlop
 
75th Regiment of Foot
Commanded by: Major Forties
Rank and File (Europeans) 200 Total Fighting Men (Europeans) 223
 
HEIC European Regiment of Foot
Commanded by: Major Fyfe
Rank and File (Europeans) 467 Total Fighting Men (Europeans) 528
 
77th Regiment of Foot
Commanded by: Major Spry
Rank and File (Europeans) 618 Total Fighting Men (Europeans) 693
 
Left Native Brigade
Commanded by: Lieut. Colonel Wiseman
 
2nd Battalion 3rd Regiment Native Infantry
with Detachment of 1st or 9th Battalion
Commanded by: Lieut. Col. Home
Rank and File (Sepoys) 639 Total Fighting Men (Sepoys) 717
 
1st Battalion 5th Regiment Native Infantry
Commanded by: Major Paterson
Rank and File (Sepoys) 593 Total Fighting Men (Sepoys) 663
 
2nd Battalion 2nd Regiment Native Infantry
Commanded by: Lieut. Col. Marshall
Rank and File (Sepoys) 597 Total Fighting Men (Sepoys) 675
 
Pioneer Corps
Commanded by: Captain B. Moncriff
Rank and File (Sepoys) 390 Total Fighting Men (Sepoys) 416
 
Totals
Rank and File (Europeans)
Rank and File (Sepoys)

Fighting Men (Europeans)
Fighting Men (Sepoys)

Total Fighting Men

1422
4316

1617
4803

6420

Source
Extracted from: Beatson, A. A View of the Origin and Conduct of the War with Tippoo Sultaun; comprising a narrative of the operations of the army under the command of Lieutenant-General George Harris, and of the siege of Seringapatam. [With plates and maps] London: G. & W. Nichol, 1800. Appendix No. XVII p. lxix; and, 'General Return of the Troops belonging to the Presidency of Bombay...11 February 1799' in "Papers presented to the House of Commons relating to the late war in the East Indies with Tippoo Sultaun." House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century (ed.) Sheila Lambert. Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 1975. Vol. 126: House of Commons Papers: George III: East India Company 1799 and 1800 p.140 [No. 11].