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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=620 Commodore George Lambert] was sent to [[Burma]] to negotiate over a number of minor issues relating to the Treaty of Yanabo which had ended the [[1st Burma War]]. Instead of resolving the problem Lambert provoked a confrontation which led to a declaration of war and a British Expeditionary Force under [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/168/mode/2up/search/Godwin Lieut-Gen Sir Henry Godwin] attacking [[Martaban]] and occupying [[Rangoon]]. The British occupied [[Prome]] in October and announced the annexation of the province of [[Pegu]] on 20 January 1853. No treaty was signed.
[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=620 Commodore George Lambert] was sent to [[Burma]] to negotiate over a number of minor issues relating to the Treaty of Yanabo which had ended the [[1st Burma War]]. Instead of resolving the problem Lambert provoked a confrontation which led to a declaration of war and a British Expeditionary Force under [[Henry Godwin|Lt Gen Henry Godwin]] attacking [[Martaban]] and occupying [[Rangoon]]. The British occupied [[Prome]] in October and announced the annexation of the province of [[Pegu]] on 20 January 1853. No treaty was signed.


==Events==
==Events==
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== Expeditionary Force ==
== Expeditionary Force ==
''Expedition Commander [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/168/mode/2up/search/Godwin Maj-Gen Henry Godwin CB]''<br>
''Expedition Commander [[Henry Godwin|Maj-Gen Henry Godwin CB]]''<br>
*[[18th Regiment of Foot]] (850 men)
*[[18th Regiment of Foot]] (850 men)
*[[51st Regiment of Foot]] (900 men)
*[[51st Regiment of Foot]] (900 men)
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== Reinforced Campaign Force ==
== Reinforced Campaign Force ==
''Commanded by [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/168/mode/2up/search/Godwin Maj-Gen Henry Godwin CB]''<br>
''Commanded by [[Henry Godwin|Maj-Gen Henry Godwin CB]]''''<br>
'''Bengal Division'''<br>
'''Bengal Division'''<br>
''[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/80/mode/2up/search/Cheape Brig-Gen Sir John Cheape KCB] commanding''
''[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/80/mode/2up/search/Cheape Brig-Gen Sir John Cheape KCB] commanding''
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:*[[90th Punjab Regiment|30th Native Infantry]]
:*[[90th Punjab Regiment|30th Native Infantry]]
:*[[46th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry|46th Native Infantry]]
:*[[46th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry|46th Native Infantry]]
==Medals==
See [[Medals]] and [[Medal Rolls]]<br>
India Office Records at the [[British Library]] [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_2-2&cid=1-2-2-2-3#1-2-2-2-3  '''L/MIL/5/52-54''' Pegu 1852-53]
*L/MIL/5/52: Correspondence and nominal rolls. 1854-1855.
*L/MIL/5/53  1855: Nominal Rolls for Bengal ships: Damodali, Fire Queen, India, Lord William Bentinck, Luckia, Mahanuddy, Nemesis, Nerbuddah, Phlegethon, Prosperine, Pluto, Soane, Sutledge, Tenasserim
*L/MIL/5/54: 1854 :Correspondence and Nominal Rolls for Bombay ships: Berenice, Medusa, Moozuffor, Sesostris, with index


== External Links ==
== External links ==
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[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>
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[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=51 Central Burma Map] Digital South Asia Library<br>
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=51 Central Burma Map] Digital South Asia Library<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5m_VvR36b6YC&pg=PA10&dq=Burma&as_brr=3&ei=Z8WuSbrIOo6syASf8tSQBQ#PPA10,M1 Map of British Conquest of Burma] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5m_VvR36b6YC&pg=PA10&dq=Burma&as_brr=3&ei=Z8WuSbrIOo6syASf8tSQBQ#PPA10,M1 Map of British Conquest of Burma] Google Books<br>
[https://peek-01.livejournal.com/35945.html Britain’s Wars in Burma (1824-1946)] by Ross Dix-Peek. Lists the regiments taking part. [[1st Burma War|1st]],  2nd and  [[3rd Burma War]]s.<br>


==== Historical Books on-line ====
==== Historical books online ====
*[http://books.google.co.th/books?id=TYwSAAAAYAAJ&dq=Burmah&hl=en&pg=PA103 "Papers relating to Hostilities with Burmah"]. Presented 4 June 1852 from ''Parliamentary Papers: Accounts and Papers. East India. Ceylon.  Volume XXXVI''
*[http://books.google.co.th/books?id=TYwSAAAAYAAJ&dq=Burmah&hl=en&pg=PA103 "Papers relating to Hostilities with Burmah"]. Presented 4 June 1852 from ''Parliamentary Papers: Accounts and Papers. East India. Ceylon.  Volume XXXVI'' Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=6BhcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA425 "Further papers relating to  Hostilities with Burmah"] from ''Sessional Papers printed by the House of Lords Session 1852-1853 Vol XII''.  
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=6BhcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA425 "Further papers relating to  Hostilities with Burmah"] from ''Sessional Papers printed by Order of the House of Lords Session 1852-1853 Vol XII: East Indies and East India Company''. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Her Majesty’s Command March 15, 1853. Google Books
*''Bulletins and other state intelligence. Compiled and arranged from the official documents published in the London Gazette''  
*''Bulletins and other state intelligence. Compiled and arranged from the official documents published in the London Gazette''  
**[http://books.google.com/books?id=xOA1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 For the year 1852], [http://books.google.com/books?id=xOA1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1284  Index, under India Board]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=geI1AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover  For the year 1853], [http://books.google.com/books?id=geI1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1316 Index, under India Board]
**[http://books.google.com/books?id=xOA1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 For the year 1852], [http://books.google.com/books?id=xOA1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1284  Index, under India Board]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=geI1AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover  For the year 1853], [http://books.google.com/books?id=geI1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1316 Index, under India Board] Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924007613528#page/n91/mode/2up  Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol V - 2nd Burma War] archive.org  
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924007613528#page/n91/mode/2up  ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol V - 2nd Burma War''] Archive.org
*''The Story of a Soldier's Life'' by Field Marshal Viscount Wolseley 1903. [https://archive.org/details/storyofsoldiers01wols/page/n8 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/storyofsoldiers02wols/page/n8 Volume II] Archive.org
:Includes 2nd Burma War, [[Indian Mutiny]], [[2nd China War]],  and war service in Africa. He initially was with the  [[80th Regiment of Foot]].
*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NZheAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 ''An account of the Burman Empire  compiled from the works of Colonel Symes ... [et al<nowiki>]</nowiki>. A description of different tribes inhabiting in and around that dominion. And, A narrative of the late military and political operations in the Burmese Empire .. by Henry G. Bell'']  1852 Calcutta. Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=JxVcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1 ''How Wars are got up in India, the Origin of the Burmese War''] by Richard Cobden. Third edition 1853 Google Books.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Boo5AQAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 ''The Second Burmese War: a narrative of the operations at Rangoon, in 1852''] by William  F B Laurie, Lieut. Madras Artillery 1853 Google Books
:[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Ftq1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 ‪''Pegu, being a narrative of events during the Second Burmese War, from August 1852 to its conclusion in June 1853‬: ‪With a succinct continuation down to February 1854''‬] by  William  F B Laurie, Lieut. Madras Artillery 1854 Google Books
:[https://archive.org/details/ourburmesewarsre00laurrich ''Our Burmese wars and relations with Burma: being an abstract of military and political operations, 1824-25-26, and 1852-53, with various local, statistical, and commercial information, and a summary of events from 1826 to 1879, including a sketch of King Theebau's progress''] by Colonel WFB Laurie 2nd edition 1885 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesli00dobbgoog/page/n200/mode/2up  "Burmah"] page 181, ''Reminiscences of Life in Mysore, South Africa, and Burmah'' by Major-General R S Dobbs (Richard Stewart) 1882 Archive.org. Dodds took  part in the 2nd Burma War  with his regiment [[9th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry‎|9th Madras NI]], from 31 March 1852.
*[https://archive.org/details/incidentsinindia00pittiala ''Incidents in India and Memories of the Mutiny, with some records of Alexander's Horse and the 1st Bengal Cavalry''] Edited by F W Pitt 1896 Archive.org. The subject of the book is General W R E Alexander, a Commander of the 1st Bengal Cavalry. He took part in the 2nd Burma War.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.513692/page/n11/mode/2up ''An Old Soldier’s Memories''] by S. H. Jones-Parry,  late Captain Royal Dublin Fusiliers.  1897 Archive.org. The author arrived in India in 1849. He  joined  1st Madras Fusiliers in 1850 (page 24). He took part in the 2nd Burma War and the [[Indian Mutiny]]. He left India,  c early-mid 1860s.
*[https://archive.org/details/chinajiminciden00harrgoog '''China Jim', Incidents and Adventures in the Life of an Indian Mutiny Veteran''] by Major General  J T Harris 1912 Archive.org He joined the Bengal Army in 1849. He probably retired c late 1870s. He took part in the 2nd Burma War, the [[Indian Mutiny]] and the [[2nd China War]].
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=N2EQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 ‪''The Recent Operations of the British Forces at Rangoon and Martaban''] by‬ Rev Thomas Turner Baker, Chaplain and Naval Instructor of HMS Fox 1852 Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindiann02lowc#page/238/mode/2up/ “The Burmese War 1852-1853”] from ''History of the Indian navy. (1613-1863) Volume 2'' by Charles Rathbone Low 1877 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindiann02lowc#page/238/mode/2up/ “The Burmese War 1852-1853”] from ''History of the Indian navy. (1613-1863) Volume 2'' by Charles Rathbone Low 1877 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/medalsofbritishn00longrich#page/292/mode/1up "The Second War with Burmah 1852-53"], page 292, ''Medals of the British Navy and how they were won'' by W.H. Long 1895 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/medalsofbritishn00longrich#page/292/mode/1up "The Second War with Burmah 1852-53"], page 292, ''Medals of the British Navy and how they were won'' by W.H. Long 1895 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=CIUoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 ''The golden Dagon, or, Up and down the Irrawaddi: being passages of adventure in the Burman Empire''] by John Williamson Palmer 1856 Google Books. The author was an American doctor, appointed, in Hong Kong, surgeon on the EIC war steamer Phlegethon (Bengal Marine), which took part in the War
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=CIUoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 ''The Golden Dagon, or, Up and down the Irrawaddi: being passages of adventure in the Burman Empire''] by John Williamson Palmer 1856 Google Books. The author was an American doctor, appointed, in Hong Kong, surgeon on the EIC war steamer Phlegethon (Bengal Marine), which took part in the War.
*"An Officer's Diary of a Two Months' Boat Expedition in Burmah" ''Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal 1861 Part 1'' [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vt4RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA239 Part 1], page 239 [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vt4RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA402 Part 2], page 402. The author was a Medical Officer.
*"An Officer's Diary of a Two Months' Boat Expedition in Burmah" ''Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal 1861 Part 1'' [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vt4RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA239 Part 1], page 239 [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vt4RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA402 Part 2], page 402. The author was a Medical Officer. Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=EW8BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Six months at Martaban, during the Burmese war; and An essay on the political causes which led to the establishment of British power in India''] by "an officer in active service on the spot" 1854 Google Books
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170714142608/http://www.naval-review.com/issues/1930s/1938-2.pdf  "A Naval Brigade In Burma in 1858"] (scroll down) by W. B. R.  ''The Naval Review''  May 1938 Vol XXVI no 2, pages 283-288. Now an archived webpage. The destination was the frontier post and Fort  at Meaday, on the Irrawaddy.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.81537/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Dalhousie-Phayre Correspondence 1852-1856''] edited with Introduction and Notes by D G E Hall 1932. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. Correspondence between Lord Dalhousie, Governor-General of India  and Captain Arthur Phayre, first British Commissioner of Pegu, and Governor-General’s Agent in the negotiations with the Court of Ava at the end of the 2nd Burma War.
 
 
 





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2nd Burma War
5 April 1852-20 January 1853
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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Location: Burma
Combatants:
British and Indians Burma
Result: British victory
Medals: Indian General Service Medal, Pegu Clasp
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Category: 2nd Burma War 1852-53
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The 2nd Burma War, also known as the 2nd Anglo-Burmese War, was the second of the three British campaigns that led to the complete annexation of Burma.

Summary

Commodore George Lambert was sent to Burma to negotiate over a number of minor issues relating to the Treaty of Yanabo which had ended the 1st Burma War. Instead of resolving the problem Lambert provoked a confrontation which led to a declaration of war and a British Expeditionary Force under Lt Gen Henry Godwin attacking Martaban and occupying Rangoon. The British occupied Prome in October and announced the annexation of the province of Pegu on 20 January 1853. No treaty was signed.

Events

Cause of the War - An Imperial View

"The future historian may write that the Second Burmese war was chiefly caused and prolonged by a few blustering Burmese officers, the representatives of a self-interested rabble, whose chief object was to fill the golden ear of royalty with false reports, that they might prop up a government fast falling to decay, and with greater vigour sow the seeds of ruin in these fertile and beautiful regions. He will then probably gladly tell how the British power came forward in time of need with that protecting hand which has been so often held forth in similar missions, and which we trust may be so employed until peace secures in her fair dominions the entire human family."
'Pegu' by Lt William Laurie

Expeditionary Force

Expedition Commander Maj-Gen Henry Godwin CB

Total 5,767 men

Reinforced Campaign Force

Commanded by Maj-Gen Henry Godwin CB''
Bengal Division
Brig-Gen Sir John Cheape KCB commanding

  • 1st Brigade under Brig Reignolds, The Royal Irish
  • 2nd Brigade under Brig Dickenson, 40th BNI
  • 3rd Brigade under Brig Huish, 37th BNI

Madras Division
Brig-Gen S W Steel KCB commanding

  • 2nd Brigade under Brig McNeill
  • 3rd Brigade

Medals

See Medals and Medal Rolls
India Office Records at the British Library L/MIL/5/52-54 Pegu 1852-53

  • L/MIL/5/52: Correspondence and nominal rolls. 1854-1855.
  • L/MIL/5/53 1855: Nominal Rolls for Bengal ships: Damodali, Fire Queen, India, Lord William Bentinck, Luckia, Mahanuddy, Nemesis, Nerbuddah, Phlegethon, Prosperine, Pluto, Soane, Sutledge, Tenasserim
  • L/MIL/5/54: 1854 :Correspondence and Nominal Rolls for Bombay ships: Berenice, Medusa, Moozuffor, Sesostris, with index

External links

The FIBIS Google Books Library
has books tagged:
2nd Burma War Burma

Anglo-Burmese Wars Wikipedia
Map of British Conquest of Burma Google Books
2nd Burma War 1852-53 Wikipedia
Operations at Rangoon in 1852 by Lt William Laurie Google Books
Events in Second Burmese War Aug 1852 - Jun 1853 by Lt William Laurie Google Books
Medals of the British Army - 2nd Burmese War Medals of the British Army
Central Burma Map Digital South Asia Library
Map of British Conquest of Burma Google Books
Britain’s Wars in Burma (1824-1946) by Ross Dix-Peek. Lists the regiments taking part. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Burma Wars.

Historical books online

Includes 2nd Burma War, Indian Mutiny, 2nd China War, and war service in Africa. He initially was with the 80th Regiment of Foot.
Pegu, being a narrative of events during the Second Burmese War, from August 1852 to its conclusion in June 1853‬: ‪With a succinct continuation down to February 1854 by William F B Laurie, Lieut. Madras Artillery 1854 Google Books
Our Burmese wars and relations with Burma: being an abstract of military and political operations, 1824-25-26, and 1852-53, with various local, statistical, and commercial information, and a summary of events from 1826 to 1879, including a sketch of King Theebau's progress by Colonel WFB Laurie 2nd edition 1885 Archive.org