Our Burmese Wars and Relations with Burma: Being an Abstract of Military and Political Operations, 1824-25-26, and 1852-53, with Various Local, Statistical, and Commercial Information, and a Summary of Events from 1826 to 1879, Including a Sketch of King Theebau's Progress |
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Our Burmese Wars and Relations with Burma: Being an Abstract of Military and ... William F B 1819-1891 Laurie No preview available - 2015 |
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18th Royal Irish 51st Light Infantry advance Alompra annexation appeared Arakan army arrived Assam attack Bandoola bank Bassein Bhamo boats British Burma Calcutta capital capture China civilisation Colonel command commenced Commodore Court of Ava defence despatch Donabew East Eastern Empire enemy enemy's European expedition fire force frontier Fusiliers Fytche gallant Gautama Godwin Golden Foot Government of India Governor Governor-General grand guns honour hundred important Irawady jungle killed King of Ava King Theebau land Lieutenant Lord Madras Artillery Madras Native Infantry Majesty Major Hill Major Oakes Mandalay Martaban Maulmain ment miles military morning narrative officers operations pagoda party peace Pegu Peguese population position possession present Prince Prome province Rangoon river regarding Regiment remarked Resident rupees Sappers Second Burmese Second Burmese War sent sepoys Shan ships shot Shwé soldiers steamers stockade Tenasserim thousand Toungoo town trade treaty troops Upper Burma vessels Viceroy wounded
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Page 437 - Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let LUKE him sell his garment, and buy one.
Page 54 - His Majesty the King of Ava renounces all Claims upon, and will abstain from all future interference with, the Principality of Assam and its Dependencies, and also with the contiguous Petty States of Cachar and Jyntia. With regard to Munnipore it is stipulated, that, should Gumbheer Singh desire to return to that Country, he shall be recognized by the King of Ava as Rajah thereof.
Page 55 - Government, with the others previous to the war, to be recognised and liquidated upon the same principles of honour and good faith, as if hostilities had not taken place between the two nations, and no advantage shall be taken by either party of the period that may have elapsed since the debts were incurred, or in consequence of the war; and according to the universal law of nations, it is further stipulated, that the property of all British subjects who may die in the dominions of His Majesty the...
Page 274 - India cannot,consistently with its own safety, appear for one day in an attitude of inferiority, or hope to maintain peace and submission among the numberless princes and people embraced within the vast circuit of the Empire, if, for one day, it give countenance to a doubt of the absolute superiority of its arms, and of its continued resolution to assert it.
Page 42 - Bandoola, and my business was to beat the great drums that are hanging in the viranda of the Wongee's house. Yesterday morning', between the hours of nine and ten, while the chief's dinner was preparing, he went out to take his usual morning walk round the works, and arrived at his observatory, (that tower with a red ball upon it,) where, as there was no firing, he sat down upon a couch that was kept there for his use. While he was giving orders to some of his chiefs, the...
Page 284 - I would the plague ; then to cut off a right hand, and pluck out a right eye, and break through every fondness and every attachment that would destroy my highest, my eternal interest.
Page 57 - Article of this Treaty as little irksome or inconvenient as possible to His Majesty the King of Ava, consent to the following arrangements, with respect to the division of the sum total, as specified in the Article before referred to, into instalments, viz., upon the payment of twenty-five lacks of Rupees, or one-fourth of the sum total (the other Articles of the Treaty being executed), the Army will retire to Rangoon.
Page 56 - Burman ships or vessels in British ports ; nor shall ships or vessels, the property of British subjects, whether European or Indian, entering the Rangoon river, or other Burman ports, be required to land their guns, or unship their rudders, or to do any other act not required of Burmese ships or vessels in British ports.
Page 37 - Shwe-da-gon pagoda, and immediately commenced intrenching and stockading with a judgment, in point of position, such as would do credit to the best instructed engineers of the most civilized and warlike nations.
Page 33 - Puzendoon creek during the night, with the gun-flotilla, bomb-ketch, &c. and commence a cannonade on the enemy's rear at •daylight. This service was most judiciously and successfully performed by that officer, who has never yet disappointed me in my most sanguine expectations.