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Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s9.5

Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s9.5

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v4.c56.s9.5

∗ Galloper guns or horsedrawn light artillery were a novelty in India in those days, and were first introduced by De Boigne about 1790. The E. I. Co. took up the idea later. † "Light infantry, that is marksmen or sharp-shooters." (Williams, *Hist. Bengal Nat Inf.*, p. 275). Sir John Moore drilled the Light Division at Shorncliffe (Lloyd's *Review of Inf.*, p. 221). Cole and Priestley, *Outline of Br. Mil. Hist.*, 2nd ed., p.