The Military History of the Madras Engineers and Pioneers, from 1743 Up to the Present Time Volume 1 baixar o livro de graça

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...been in command. He died a few months previous to this, In September of this year, Major General Ross, the Chief Engineer, brought to notice the inadequate strength of the Engineer Corps. He said: --"In the last Mysore campaign, under Lord Cornwallis, although the corps of Engineers for field service consisted of eleven officers, and that we were joined by six engineers on the Bengal Establishment, yet, from the number of casualties before the siege began, we were obliged to have recourse to infantry officers as engineers." "Six engineers came with the Bombay army. They, however, would have had to carry out a separate attack He strongly recommended an increase in the corps." "He also proposed that two companies of lascars employed at the Presidency be increased to 150 or 200 men each, and stated that a quantity of entrenching tools, scaling ladders, baskets, hides and ropes, together with boards and planks, posts, &c., are required. All these things were found particularly useful at Nundidroog, where the operations of the siege were much accelerated by their being ready." In October 1798. the Pioneers were employed in repairing the roads between the stations in the centre division, and in constructing boats for crossing the Palar with reference to the campaign against Tippoo, which was shortly to take place. Lieutenant-Colonel Ross received his brevet of colonel in the army for service in the field from 1st March 1794. On the 8th January 1790, the Court of Directors ordered the corps of Engineers to consist of--I colonel, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 1 major, 4 captains, 8 lieutenants, 8 ensigns, 1 adjutant (non-effective) = 24 officers. The Chief Engineer was to receive such an addition to his pay, and full batta, as would make hi...