ARTILLERY SERVICE UNDER “ JOHN COMPANY.” 
Ferozeshah, Sobraon, Chillianwallah, Gujerat &c., the magnificent ser¬ 
vices they rendered are duly recorded in the history of those battles. 
1846 1^46, the bell shaped shako was replaced by one of mod¬ 
ern shape, without the gold lace edging at the top and 
bottom. 
1850 From 1850 to 1868 detachments of the Bengal Artillery 
were engaged in various expeditions against the tribes on 
the North West Frontier under Sir Charles Napier, k.c.b., Colonel 
(afterwards Sir Colin) Campbell and others. 
I am afraid I must not dwell on the terrible scenes which were en¬ 
acted in India in 1857-58, for to deal adequately with the hardships 
of the Siege of Lucknow, or the horrors of the massacre of Cawnpore, 
to say nothing of the many minor actions which occurred later on 
would be far beyond the scope of the present article. I will only say 
that the Bengal gunners were in the thick of it all, and staunchly up¬ 
held the brilliant traditions of their Corps. 
1861 In ^861 steps were taken to amalgamate the Indian with 
the Royal Artillery and in that year the Bengal Artillery 
ceased to exist as a separate corps and became part and parcel of the 
Royal Regiment of Artillery. 
