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== Cause of the War - An Imperial View ==
== 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."''<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ftq1AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover 'Pegu' by Lt William Laurie]
''"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."''<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ftq1AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover 'Pegu' by Lt William Laurie]
== Expeditionary Force ==
== Expeditionary Force ==
*[[18th Regiment of Foot]] (850 men)
*[[18th Regiment of Foot]] (850 men)
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*Sappers and Miners (170 men)
*Sappers and Miners (170 men)
Total 5,767 men
Total 5,767 men
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Burmese_Wars  Wikipedia - Anglo-Burmese Wars]<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]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Burmese_War Wikipedia - 2nd Burma War 1852-53]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VjoQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Second+Burmese+War,+Laurie&ei=lmuuSYmgDoHmyASGlemNCg Google Books - Operations at Rangoon in 1852 by Lt William Laurie]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ftq1AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books - Events in Second Burmese War Aug 1852 - Jun 1853 by Lt William Laurie]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cREaAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA113&dq=Burmese&as_brr=3&ei=I_tYSaaEI6asNYXZnPMF#PPA113,M1 Medals of the British Army - 2nd Burmese War]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Burmese_Wars  Wikipedia - Anglo-Burmese Wars]<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]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Burmese_War Wikipedia - 2nd Burma War 1852-53]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VjoQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Second+Burmese+War,+Laurie&ei=lmuuSYmgDoHmyASGlemNCg Google Books - Operations at Rangoon in 1852 by Lt William Laurie]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ftq1AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books - Events in Second Burmese War Aug 1852 - Jun 1853 by Lt William Laurie]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cREaAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA113&dq=Burmese&as_brr=3&ei=I_tYSaaEI6asNYXZnPMF#PPA113,M1 Medals of the British Army - 2nd Burmese War]


[[Category:Wars and Campaigns|Burma War, 2nd]]
[[Category:Wars and Campaigns|Burma War, 2nd]]
[[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Burma War, 2nd]]

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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

Total 5,767 men

External Links

Wikipedia - Anglo-Burmese Wars
Map of British Conquest of Burma
Wikipedia - 2nd Burma War 1852-53
Google Books - Operations at Rangoon in 1852 by Lt William Laurie
Google Books - Events in Second Burmese War Aug 1852 - Jun 1853 by Lt William Laurie
Medals of the British Army - 2nd Burmese War