Narrative of the Burmese War, in 1824-25 ...W. H. Allen and Company, 1852 - 290 pàgines |
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28th native infantry advance Arakan arrived artillery Asam ascer assailants attack bank Bassein battalion Bengal Bhadrapur boats Brigadier Brigadier-general Brigadier-general Cotton British government Bundoola Burman army Burman force Burmese BURMESE WAR Campbell capital Captain carried Cheduba chief Chittagong cloth column command commissioners considerable court of Ava defences detachment division Donabew effect enemy enemy's entrenchments European fire fled flotilla frontier Gambhir Singh Gohati guns hills hostilities hundred India invaders Irawadi island jungle Kachar killed land letter Lieutenant Lieutenant-colonel loss Madras native infantry Maha Majesty's 13th Majesty's 41st Major Sale Manipur Martaban Meaday Melloon Menghee ment Mergui miles military morning Mungdoo negociations officers operations pagoda party Pegu position proceeded Prome provinces raja Ramoo Ramree Rangoon Rangoon river regiment retreat returned river road Rungpore sent Shahpuri Siamese sipahis stockade Sylhet Tenasserim territory Tharawadi thousand tion town treaty treaty of Yandabo troops village whilst wounded
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Pàgina 286 - The English are the inhabitants of a small and remote island. What business have they to come in ships from so great a distance, to dethrone kings, and take possession of countries they have no right to ? They contrive to conquer and govern the black foreigners, the people of castes, who have puny frames, and no courage. They have never yet fought with so strong and brave a people as the Burmas, skilled in the use of the sword and spear.