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Order of battle of the Indian army, 1791
1792Engraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | 23.1 x 17.0 cm (image) | RCIN 735002.2
This appears to be the order of battle that may have been current at the time of the Battle of Seringapatam (15 May 1791). The Second in Command is listed as Major General Medows; the Left Wing was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Maxwell, and the Right Wing by Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart; the Artillery was under the command of Colonel Duff. Brigade and Company commanders are named, as are Staff Officers, Aides-de-Camp and Majors of Brigade and their Quartermasters. The regimental rectangles appear to be coloured according to the uniforms of each.
Bound in with the order of battle are a printed account of the operations of the British army in India in 1791 (RCIN 735002.1), and a sketch of the positions of the British army at Seringapatam on 15 May 1791 (RCIN 735002.3).
Condition: no fold lines.
William Faden (1 July 1749-21 March 1836) (publisher) [no authority statement on printed Narrative; bottom centre of RCIN 735002.3:] London Publish’d by W: Faden Geographer to the King, Charing Cross, March 15.th 1792
Subject(s)
Army-GBCharles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805)Watermark: None
Condition: no fold lines
23.1 x 17.0 cm (image)
25.5 x 20.0 cm (platemark)
26.3 x 20.4 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN of the ORDER of BATTLE of the ARMY Commanded by EARL CORNWALLIS, May 2.d 1791. [facing title page (RCIN 735002.1)]
Annotations:
None
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Narrative of the Operations of the British Army in India from the 21.st of April to the 16.th of July 1791: with a particular Account and a Plan of the Action of the 15.th of May near Seringapatam, and the Order of Battle of the Army commanded by Earl Cornwallis on the 2.d of May 1791: published by Faden, 1792. 4.to (V.5.p 179). [The same entry appears under the headings Hindoostan and Seringapatam.]
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