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==External Links==
==External Links==
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_burmah.php Heritage History - Burmese Wars]<br>[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/First_Anglo-Burmese_War  Wikipedia - 1st Burma War 1823-26]
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_burmah.php Heritage History - Burmese Wars]<br>[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/First_Anglo-Burmese_War  Wikipedia - 1st Burma War 1823-26]


[[Category:Wars and Campaigns|Burma War 1823-26, 1st]]
[[Category:Wars and Campaigns|Burma War 1823-26, 1st]]
[[Category:1st Burma War|Burma War, 1st]]
[[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Burma War, 1st]]
[[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Burma War, 1st]]

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Summary

1st Burma War
5 March 1823-24 February 1826
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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British India Burma
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Category: 1st Burma War
See our interactive map of
1st Burma War 1824-26
locations and routes on Google Maps

Burmese expansionist policy on the north east of British India led to refugees from the frontier states of Manipur and Cachar fleeing to British territory and asking for help. After further Burmese incursions, an expeditionary force under Commodore Charles Grant and Maj-Gen Sir Archibald Campbell anchored off Rangoon which was captured. It took two years and 20,000 casualties before the British defeated the Burmese. The Treaty of Yanabo ceded Assam, Arakan and Tenasserim to the British who also extracted 10 million rupeed indemnity.

A timeline of the 1st Burma War can be viewed in Travels from India to England (1827) by James Edward Alexander, an officer who served in the campaign. The first five chapters are an account of the war from Alexander's perspective whilst accompanying the 45th Regiment of Foot and the Madras Pioneers.

Expeditionary Force

External Links

Heritage History - Burmese Wars
Wikipedia - Anglo-Burmese Wars
Map of British Conquest of Burma
Wikipedia - 1st Burma War 1823-26