Lawrence Nilson
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Military career
Nilson, then the first Chief Engineer of the Bombay Army, formed a company of Pioneer Lascars, comprising 100 men, in 1777.[1] His company took part in the expedition to the Malabar Coast against Tipu Sultan's forces in 1782 during the Second Anglo-Mysore War.[1] He became the Commander-in-chief of the Bombay Army on 6 January 1785 before retiring from that post on 6 September 1788.[2]
References
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- ↑ a b Brothers in Arms, p. 2
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