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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Burmese
|combatant2=Burmese
|commander1=Brig-Gen Sir John Cheape
|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]
|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 European troops<br>3,040 Native troops
|strength1=500 European troops<br>500 Native troops
|strength2=9,335 garrison [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VjoQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Rangoon&ei=lmuuSYmgDoHmyASGlemNCg#PPA101,M1]
|strength2=4,000
|casualties1= 17 killed, 132 wounded [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VjoQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Rangoon&ei=lmuuSYmgDoHmyASGlemNCg#PPA105,M1]
|casualties1= 11 killed, 84 wounded  
|casualties2=  
|casualties2=  
}}
}}


== Field Force ==
== Field Force ==
*HM 18th Royal Irish (200 men under Maj Wigston)
*[[18th Regiment of Foot|HM 18th Royal Irish]] (200 men under Maj Wigston)
*HM 51st Royal Irish (200 men under Capt Irby)
*[[51st Regiment of Foot|HM 51st Regiment]] (200 men under Capt Irby)
*67th bengal Native Infantry (The Rifle Coy under Capt Hicks)  
*[[67th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|67th 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)
*4th Sikh Locals (200 men under Maj Armstrong)
*Sappers and Miners (70 men under Lts Mullins & Trevor)
*Sappers and Miners (70 men under Lts MUllins & Trevor)
*Two guns
*Two guns


== Reinforcements ==
== Reinforcements ==
*HM 80th Royal Irish (200 men under Maj Wigston)
*[[80th Regiment of Foot|HM 80th Foot]] (130 men)
*HM 51st Royal Irish (200 men under Capt Irby)
*[[67th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|67th Bengal Native Infantry]]  (300 men)
 
*Two mortars


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Burmese_Wars  Anglo-Burmese Wars] Wikipedia<br>
[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>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Burmese_War 2nd Burma War] Wikipedia<br>
[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://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924007613528#page/n117/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol V - Myat Tun's Stockade] archive.org  
[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/n101/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol V - Battle of Rangoon] archive.org  


[[Category:Battles|Rangoon, Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Myat Tun's Stockade, Capture of]]
[[Category:2nd Burma War 1852-53|Rangoon, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd Burma War 1852-53|Myat Tun's Stockade, Capture of]]

Revision as of 16:37, 12 December 2009

Capture of Myat Tun's Stockade
Part of 2nd Burma War 1852-53
Date: 19 March 1853
Location: near Kyontani, Danubyu, Irrawaddy, Burma
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 16.982895°N 95.733085°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Burmese
Commanders
Brig-Gen Sir John Cheape Myat Tun
Strength
500 European troops
500 Native troops
4,000
Casualties
11 killed, 84 wounded

Field Force

Reinforcements

External Links

Anglo-Burmese Wars Wikipedia
2nd Burma War Wikipedia
Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol V - Myat Tun's Stockade archive.org