Britain's Army in India

Britain's Army in India (1978) tells how a joint stock company, the Honourable East India Company, came to organise a private army and lay the foundations for the establishment of the British Empire in India. From its origins as warehouse guards, through its struggles against the Dutch and the Portuguese, and its rivalry with the French, the decay of the Moghul Empire, this book examines the Company and its army up to the battle of Buxar in 1764, which established the force as the leading military power in India.

James P. Lawford

1. Origins 2. The Company Expands 3. Peaceful Traders, 1690-1745 4. Anglo-French Rivalry in the Carnatic 5. Dupleix's Great Design 6. The War in the Carnatic - the Opening Stages 7. The First Battle for Trichinopoly 8. The Alliance Breaks Up 9. The Second Battle of Trichinopoly 10. Peace and a Catastrophe in Bengal 11. The Recovery of Calcutta 12. The Destruction of Siraj-ud-daula 13. The French Strike in the Carnatic 14. The Conquest of the Northern Circars 15. The Campaign in the Carnatic, 1759-60, and the Battle of Wandewash 16. The Second Siege of Pondicherry 17. The Rebellion in the South 18. Bombay; the Consolidation of British Power in Bengal; the Battle of Buxar