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[[Category:Battles|Pegu, Relief of]]
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|partof=[[:Category:2nd Burma War1852-53|2nd Burma War1852-53]]|date=27 November-15 December 1852 |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bago,_Burma [Pegu]], [[Burma]]
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=17.32911,96.499089&z=13&t=h&hl=en 17.32911°N 96.499089°E]
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Burmese
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101010892/ [Henry Godwin|Lt Gen Henry Godwin]]
|commander2=
|strength1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Garrison ==
''Major Hill''
*[[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|1st Madras Fusiliers]] (200 men)
*[[76th Punjab Regiment|5th Madras Native Infantry]] (200 men)
*Two howitzers
== Relief Force ==
'''River Column'''
*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers]] (600 men)
*[[4th Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|4th Sikh Local Infantry]] (300 men)
*[[10th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|10th Bengal Native Infantry]] (300 men)
*[[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|1st Madras Fusiliers]] (250 men)<br>
'''Land Column'''
*Half troop Ramgurh Irregular Cavalry
*One wing [[67th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|67th Bengal Infantry]]
*Some Artillery and Sappers
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Burmese_Wars Anglo-Burmese Wars] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Burmese_War- 2nd Burma War]Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8G4oAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Pegu+1852#PPA114,M11 Siege and Relief of Pegu] Google Books <br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924007613528#page/n111/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol V - Siege of Pegu] archive.org [[Category:Battles|Pegu, Siege and Relief of Pegu]][[Category:2nd Burma War1852-53|Pegu, Siege and Relief of]]
