Anthony Pohlmann

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Anthony Pohlmann (actually Anton Pohlmann; * 18th century; died in the first half of the 19th century) was a soldier of the armies of the British East India Company and the Sindia from the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg ("Kurhannover") Served Second Marathas .

Life

Pohlmann came to India as a sergeant (non-commissioned officer) of an electoral Hanoverian regiment that was employed by the East India Company in Madras . He deserted from this regiment between 1792 and 1793 and entered the service of the army of the Marathi Prince Daulat Sindia . First he served under the French mercenary Benoît de Boigne , who promoted him to captain ( captain ) in 1794. Until 1795 he was in command of an infantry battalion. In the spring of 1799 he was selected by General Pierre Cuillier-Perron , that of de Boigne the overall command of the army Gwalior , had taken to the Colonel ( Colonel transported). Pohlmann received command of Sindia's 2nd Brigade. In the 1803 Battle of Assaye against the British under General Arthur Wellesley , later the Duke of Wellington, Pohlmann effectively commanded all of the regular battalions in the Maratha Army after Sindia and the Raja of Berar left the battlefield.

In 1804 he returned as Lieutenant Colonel ( Lt. Col. ) to the company British East India back.

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