[12] The power of ordering Courts Martial for the trial of officers and soldiers, both in the service of the King and those acting under the Company, was vested in the Commander in Chief of His Majesty’s forces for the time being.
[13] Twelve of the ringleaders were selected for execution. Eleven of them were blown away from guns: the twelfth was pardoned after the gun had missed fire three times. This was the recognised mode of execution in India for military mutiny, and the Company’s European troops were equally liable to this punishment.
[14] 135 horses died or were cast between 1st June 1783 and 10th May 1785.
[15] Soon after his arrival in England he received a challenge from General Stuart, by whom he was wounded in a duel, fought near Kensington, 8th June 1786. A letter from Sir John Burgoyne, written whilst under arrest, shows his intention of calling Lord Macartney to account in a similar way.
[16] This would seem to show that Lang, like Stuart, also held a half-pay commission from the King.
[17] Calcutta Gazette. 18th August 1785.
[18] Narrative of the Military operations on the Coromandel Coast. Innes Munro. 1789.
[19] Lieut. Colonel Floyd, private letter, 18th April 1786.
[20] Military equitation, or a Method of Breaking Horses, and Teaching Soldiers to ride, by Henry, Earl of Pembroke.