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[[Category:Battles|Bharmo, Battle of]]
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|partof=[[Battles|Kachin Hills Expedition 1895]]
|partof=[[3rd Burma War|3rd Burma War]]
|date=28 December 1885
|date=28 December 1885
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhamo Bhamo, Kachin State, Burma]  
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhamo Bhamo, Kachin State, Burma]  
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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Burmese
|combatant2=Kachin tribes
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101035606/ Maj Gen Harry Prendergast]
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101035606/ Maj Gen Harry Prendergast]
|commander2=  
|commander2=  
|strength1=  
|strength1=1,000
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== Field Force ==
''Commanded by Maj Gen Harry Prendergast''<br>
*Mounted Infantry (37 men)
*Half Btn [[23rd Regiment of Foot|Royal Welsh Fusiliers]]
*[[Hazara Mountain Battery]]
*4-1st North Irish Division
*Half Battery [[Royal Artillery]]
*Half Btn [[78th Moplah Rifles|25th Madras Infantry]]
*One Coy [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Burmese_War  Third Anglo-Burmese War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=y8ThjBJrWVUC&pg=PA218&dq=Sikkim+Field+Force&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Sikkim%20Field%20Force&f=false Annexation of Burma] War Medals and Their History - 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>
==== Historical Books on-line ====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924007613528#page/n187/mode/2up  Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol V - Bhamo Expedition] archive.org
[[Category:Battles|Bhamo, Occupation of]]
[[Category:3rd Burma War|Bhamo, Occupation of]]

Latest revision as of 17:37, 12 December 2009

Occupation of Bhamo
Part of 3rd Burma War
Date: 28 December 1885
Location: Bhamo, Kachin State, Burma
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 24.248500°N 97.233302°E
Result: British occupation
Combatants
East India Company Kachin tribes
Commanders
Maj Gen Harry Prendergast
Strength
1,000
Casualties

Field Force

Commanded by Maj Gen Harry Prendergast

External Links

Third Anglo-Burmese War Wikipedia
Annexation of Burma War Medals and Their History - Google Books
Map of British Conquest of Burma Google Books

Historical Books on-line

Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol V - Bhamo Expedition archive.org