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Beyond Beasts and Bullion: Economic Considerations in Bombay's Military Logistics, 1803

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1999

Randolf G. S. Cooper
Randolf G. S. Cooper
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
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Abstract

A previous work on British Indian Army logistics from 1757 to 1857 called into question the accuracy of labeling Arthur Wellesley ‘The Logistical Architect of the British Indian Army’. As the ‘soldier brother’ of India's Governor-General Richard, Marquis Wellesley, Arthur was bound to have drawn some attention while in India; but secondary sources have tended to be too ethnocentric in their interpretation of his South Asian military experience. Arthur Wellesley's successful command-apprenticeship, during the Dhoondiah Waugh Campaign, led him to the promotional track which culminated in his appointment as the Commander of the Southern Theatre in the 1803 Anglo-Maratha War. However, one should not confuse his prominence with precedence and I have argued elsewhere that East India Company (EIC) logistical policy was essentially South Asian in origin.

Type
Research Article
Information
Modern Asian Studies , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 159 - 183
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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