By Stuart Reid
Opposite to well known trust, the catch of India used to be now not finished by way of the British military, yet through the non-public armies of the East India corporation, whose basic aim used to be the security in their buying and selling empire. less than the management of the mythical Robert Clive (founder of the East India corporation) and Stringer Lawrence, this small strength of mercenaries and adventurers grew in measurement and energy to ultimately turn into a military higher than that of any ecu sovereign country. hugely disciplined undefined, it fought nearly always for a century until eventually the nice Mutiny of 1857 ended in its disbandment and its troops handed into Crown provider. one of many many British military officials who fought with this strength used to be Arthur Wellesley, the long run Duke of Wellington. this is often the attention-grabbing heritage of the East India corporation military, reading the numerous conflicts during which they fought, and their apparatus and coaching, with its regiments of horse, foot and weapons, which rivalled these of so much ecu powers. The unique uniforms combining conventional Indian and British gown are illustrated intimately and make for a superbly colourful account of a personal band of adventurers that effectively captured the jewel of the British Empire.
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