HISTORICAL RECORD

OF

The Honourable East India Company's

FIRST MADRAS EUROPEAN REGIMENT:

CONTAINING

AN ACCOUNT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
INDEPENDENT COMPANIES IN 1645; THEIR FORMATION INTO

A REGIMENT IN 1748; AND ITS SUBSEQUENT

SERVICES TO 1842.

BY A STAFF OFFICER, James

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LONDON:

SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 65, CORNHILL.

1843.

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LONDON:

Printed by STEWART AND MURRAY,

Old Bailey.

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MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ROBERT HENRY DICK,

K.C.B. K.C.H. &c. &c. &c,

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE FORCES IN THE

PRESIDENCY OF FORT ST. GEORGE,

THIS RECORD

OF

THE SERVICES OF THE OLDEST REGIMENT IN THE ARMY

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

BY

HIS VERY FAITHFUL SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.