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[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wRkEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA283&dq=Rangoon&as_brr=1&ei=JYmpR4udG43WzASOssDPDw#PPA283,M1 Capture of Rangoon] Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VjoQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Rangoon&ei=lmuuSYmgDoHmyASGlemNCg#PPA61,M1 Lt Laurie's Account] Google Books<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924007613528#page/n101n117/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol V - Battle of RangoonMyat Tun's Stockade] archive.org
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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Burmese
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101005203/ Brig-Gen Sir John Cheape]
|commander2= [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iXm0hCBin_4C&pg=PA115&dq=Myat+Tun+1853&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Myat%20Tun%201853&f=false Myat Tun]
|strength1=2,727 500 European troops<br>3,040 500 Native troops|strength2=9,335 garrison [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VjoQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Rangoon&ei=lmuuSYmgDoHmyASGlemNCg#PPA1014,M1] 000|casualties1= 17 11 killed, 132 84 wounded [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VjoQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Rangoon&ei=lmuuSYmgDoHmyASGlemNCg#PPA105,M1]
|casualties2=
}}
== Field Force ==
*[[18th Regiment of Foot|HM 18th Royal Irish ]] (200 men under Maj Wigston)*[[51st Regiment of Foot|HM 51st Royal Irish Regiment]] (200 men under Capt Irby)*[[67th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|67th bengal Bengal Native Infantry ]] (The Rifle Coy under Capt Hicks) *HM 51st Royal Irish (200 men under Capt Irby)*[[4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Sikh Locals ]] (200 men under Maj Armstrong)*Sappers and Miners (70 men under Lts MUllins Mullins & Trevor)
*Two guns
== Reinforcements ==
*[[80th Regiment of Foot|HM 80th Royal Irish Foot]] (200 130 men under Maj Wigston)*HM 51st Royal Irish [[67th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|67th Bengal Native Infantry]] (200 300 men under Capt Irby)*Two mortars
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Burmese_Wars Anglo-Burmese Wars] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Burmese_War 2nd Burma War] Wikipedia<br>
[[Category:Battles|RangoonMyat Tun's Stockade, Battle Capture of]][[Category:2nd Burma War 1852-53|RangoonMyat Tun's Stockade, Battle Capture of]]
