The British, instead of fighting in hard…

May 1824 CE

The British, instead of fighting in hard terrain, take the fight to the Burmese mainland.

A British naval force of over ten thousand men (five thousand British soldiers and over five thousand Indian sepoys) enter the harbor of Yangon on May 11, 1824, a, taking the Burmese by surprise.

The Burmese, pursuing a scorched earth policy, leave an empty city behind and choose to fortify positions along an east-west ten-mile arc outside the city.

The British forces led by General Archibald Campbell take up a position inside the Shwedagon Pagoda compound, which is fortified.

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Yangon > Rangoon Rangoon Myanmar View →

People
Bagyidaw View → Maha Bandula View → Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet View →

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Rakhine (Arakanese) people View → Ahom Kingdom (Kingdom of Assam) View → East India Company, British (United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies) View → Myanmar (Burma), (Alaungpaya, or Konbaung dynasty) Kingdom of View → India, East India Company rule in View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → France, constitutional monarchy of View →

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Anglo-Burmese War, First View →

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Commerce View → Conflict View → Government View →

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