<Li> Native Cavalry--Four regiments </Li> <Li> Native Infantry--Eleven regiments of two battalions </Li> <P> In 1824, a second reorganisation took place, whereupon the double battalions were abolished and the existing battalions were renumbered . The Madras Army at the time consisted of one European and one native brigade of horse artillery, three battalions of foot artillery of four companies each, with four companies of lascars attached, three regiments of light cavalry, two corps of pioneers, two battalions of European infantry, 52 battalions of native infantry and three local battalions . </P> <P> Between 1748 and 1895, as with the Bengal and Bombay armies, the Madras Army had its own Commander - in - Chief who was subordinate to the president, and later to the Governor of Madras . By custom the Commander - in - chief of the Madras Army was a member of the Governor's Executive Council . The army's troops participated in the conquest of Manila in 1762, the 1795 expeditions against Ceylon and the Dutch as well as the conquest of the Spice Islands in the same year . They also took part in expeditions against Mauritius (1810), Java (1811), the wars against Tipu Sultan and the Carnatic Wars of the 18th century, the British attack on Cuttack dring the Second Anglo - Maratha War, the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny, and the invasion of Upper Burma during the Third Anglo - Burmese War . </P>

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