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== Summary ==
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In the 1880s British concerns were raised by contacts between the Burmese and the French whose colonial expansion in Indo-China had reached the Burmeses border. When a British company was fined by the Burmese for contraventions of its teak extraction contract, the British demanded arbitration and, when that was refused, issued an ultimatum which would have reduced Burma to a vassal state. When this was not accepted on 9 November 1885 an invasion force under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_North_Dalrymple_Prendergast  Maj-Gen Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast] was sent up the Irrawaddy. By 26 November the envoys from King Thibaw offered to surrender. Thibaw was taken into exile in India and the British annexed the remainder of Burma on 1 January 1886. There was sporadic insurgency into 1887.
 
== Summary ==
In the 1880s British concerns were raised by contacts between the Burmese and the [[French]] whose colonial expansion in Indo-China had reached the Burmese border. When a British company was fined by the Burmese for contraventions of its teak extraction contract, the British demanded arbitration and, when that was refused, issued an ultimatum which would have reduced Burma to a vassal state. When this was not accepted on 9 November 1885 an invasion force under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_North_Dalrymple_Prendergast  Maj-Gen Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast] was sent up the Irrawaddy. By 26 November the envoys from King Thibaw offered to surrender. Thibaw was taken into exile in India and the British annexed the remainder of Burma on 1 January 1886. There was sporadic insurgency into 1887.


== Burma Campaign Force ==
== Burma Campaign Force ==

Revision as of 15:10, 14 December 2009

3rd Burma War
9 November-28 December 1885
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
[[Image:|250px| ]]
Location: Burma
Combatants:
British India Burma
Result: British victory. Annexation of Burma
Medals: India General Service medal, Burma 1885-87 clasp
Links:
Category: 3rd Burma War
See our interactive map of
3rd Burma War 1885
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Summary

In the 1880s British concerns were raised by contacts between the Burmese and the French whose colonial expansion in Indo-China had reached the Burmese border. When a British company was fined by the Burmese for contraventions of its teak extraction contract, the British demanded arbitration and, when that was refused, issued an ultimatum which would have reduced Burma to a vassal state. When this was not accepted on 9 November 1885 an invasion force under Maj-Gen Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast was sent up the Irrawaddy. By 26 November the envoys from King Thibaw offered to surrender. Thibaw was taken into exile in India and the British annexed the remainder of Burma on 1 January 1886. There was sporadic insurgency into 1887.

Burma Campaign Force

9,034 fighting men, 2,810 native followers and 67 guns under Maj-Gen Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast

Cavalry

Infantry

Artillery

  • 1st Battery 1st Brigade East Division
  • 5th Battery 1st Brigade South Division
  • 7th Battery 1st Brigade North Division
  • 8th Battery 1st Brigade London Division
  • 9th Battery 1st Brigade Cinque Ports Division
  • No 4 Bombay Mountain Battery
  • No 1 Punjab Mountain Battery

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
King Thibaw of Burma Wikipedia

Historical Books on-line

Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol V - 3rd Burma War archive.org

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