The Second Burmese War: A Narrative of the Operations at Rangoon, in 1852 |
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18th Royal Irish admirable advance Alompra APPENDIX April armed army Arracan arrived attack authority bank Bassein battery Bengal Artillery boats Brahmanical Brigade British Buddha Bundoola Burmah Burmese Calcutta camp Captain Latter CAPTURE OF BASSEIN cloth Colonel Commander Tarleton Commodore Lambert Company Dagoon Pagoda defences deputation despatch empire enemy enemy's European expedition Feroze fire force frigate gallant Gaudama Godwin Golden Government of India Governor of Rangoon Governor-General in Council grand guns honour howitzers Irrawaddy jingals jungle Kemmendine killed King of Ava land Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Madras Artillery Madras Sappers Majesty's Major Oakes Martaban miles Moozuffer morning Moulmein Native Infantry Naval noble occupied officers operations ordnance Pagoda party passed Pegu Peguese Phlegethon position post 8vo present proceeded Prome Rangoon river Regiment SECOND BURMESE WAR sent Sesostris ships Shoé Dagoon shot soldiers steamers stockade temple Tenasserim Tenasserim Provinces tion town troops upper terrace vessels wounded
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