Dictionary of Indian Biography/Bird, Louis Saunders

by Charles Edward Buckland

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BIRD, LOUIS SAUNDERS (1792–1874)

Lt-General: entered the E. I. Co.'s Bengal Army in 1808: at the capture of the Mauritius, 1810: under Ochterlony in the Nipal war, 1816: in Oudh in 1816–7: in the Pindari war, 1817–9: in Bundelkund, 1821: in Hariana, 1824–5: against the Kols, 1832–3: in the Satlaj campaign of 1845–6: in the battles of Mudki, Firozshahr, Badiwal, Aliwal: Brevet Lt-Colonel: commanded a Brigade in the suppression of the Sonthal insurrection in 1855–6: died April 14, 1874.