Narrative of the Burmese War: Detailing the Operations of Major-Gereral Sir Archibald Campbell's Army from May, 1824, to February 1826John Murray, 1827 - 319페이지 |
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advance afford appearance approach Arracan arrival artillery attack bank Bengal boats Brigadier-general British army British force Burmese army Burmhan camp capital Carian carried Cassay commander commenced considerable corps court of Ava defeat defences detachment distance division Donoobew encamped enemy enemy's favourable fire flank flotilla forest formed front garrison ground guns honour hundred inhabitants Irrawaddy James Brisbane jingals jungle Kemmendine King of Ava Lain land column Madras Madras Native Maha Bandoola majesty Majesty's Martaban Meaday Melloone ment Mergui miles military morning muskets nation Native infantry night numbers occupied officers Pagoda parties peace Pegu plain position prepared present Prince Prome provinces Rangoon Rangoon river reached ready rear regiment rendered retreat river road Sarrawah season sent Siamese Sir Archibald Campbell situation soldiers soon stockade strong success Sykia Syriam Tavoy thousand three muskets tion Tonghoo town treaty troops villages war-boats wholly Wongee
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313 페이지 - 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.
314 페이지 - ... 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...
106 페이지 - The fire-rafts were, upon examination, found to be ingeniously contrived, andfoiandably constructed, made wholly of bamboos firmly wrought together, between every two or three rows of which a line of earthen jars of considerable size, filled with petroleum, or earth-oil and cotton, were secured ; other inflammable ingredients were also distributed in different parts of the raft, and the almost unextinguishable fierceness of the flames proceeding from them can scarcely be imagined.
174 페이지 - 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 English began throwing bombs, and one of them falling close to the...
315 페이지 - This treaty to be .ratified by the Burmese authorities competent in the like cases, and the ratification to be accompanied by all British, whether European or native, American and other prisoners, who will be delivered over to the British commissioners ; the British commissioners, on their part, engaging that the said treaty shall be ratified by the right honourable the Governor-General in council ; and the ratification shall be delivered to his Majesty the King of Ava in four months, or sooner,...
175 페이지 - Wongee, burst, and killed him on the spot: his body was immediately carried away and burned to ashes ; his death was soon known to every body in the stockade, and the soldiers refused to stay and fight under any other commander. The chiefs lost all influence and command over their men, every individual thinking only of providing for his own personal safety.
316 페이지 - Upon the further payment of a similar sum, at that place, within one hundred days from this date, with the proviso as above, the army will evacuate the dominions of his majesty the King of Ava with the least possible delay, leaving the remaining moiety of the sum total to be paid by equal annual instalments...
315 페이지 - The good and faithful ally of the British Government, His Majesty the King of Siam, having taken a part in the present war, will, to the fullest extent, as far as regards His Majesty and his subjects, be included in the above treaty.
171 페이지 - ... was ordered to charge the advancing monsters : the scene was novel and interesting ; and although neither the elephants nor their riders can ever be very formidable in modern warfare, they stood the charge with a steadiness and courage these animals can be rarely brought to show. Their riders were mostly shot, and no sooner did the elephants feel themselves unrestrained by the hand of their drivers, than they walked back to the fort with the greatest composure.
74 페이지 - ... native merchants of Calcutta were with difficulty persuaded to refrain from removing their families and property from Under the very guns of Fort 'William.