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Historical Books on-line
*[http://www.jstor.org/stable/2048985 "Arakan and the First Anglo-Burmese War, 1824-25"] by B. R. Pearn ''The Far Eastern Quarterly'' Vol. 4, No. 1 (Nov., 1944), pp. 27-40 may be read online on the JSTOR website for free, after registration. See [[Miscellaneous tips#Access some articles in the JSTOR subscription website for free|Miscellaneous tips]] for more details.
==== Historical Books on-line online ====*[https://archive.org/details/apoliticalhisto00capgoog ''A political history of the extraordinary events which led to the Burmese war''] by Captain W White 1827 Archive.org. Also available [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000000DD70 British Library Digital Collection] with [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000000DD70#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=21&z=-1124.8527%2C0%2C5648.7054%2C4962 Map]
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QUOXRCAU-5AC&pg=RA1-PA8&dq=East+India+Register+and+Army+List+1824&lr=&as_brr=3&cd=6#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''Narrative of the Burmese War in 1824-26''] by Horace Hayman Wilson 1852 Google Books<br>
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=97NCAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Army+of+Ava#v=onepage&q=&f=false Havelock's Memoir of Three Campaigns] Google Books<br>
*[https://archive.org/details/ourburmesewarsre00laur ''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 W F B Laurie 1880 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_qJ1Lrjcef0C&pg=PR1 ''‪Narrative of the Burmese war‬: ‪detailing the operations of Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell's army, from its landing at Rangoon in May 1824 to the conclusion of a treaty of peace at Yandaboo‬ in February 1826'']: by Major Snodgrass, Military Secretary to the Commander of the Expedition and Assistant Political Agent in Ava. 2nd Edition 1827 Google Books. Note: the map is not readable. For a readable map, refer to the version on [http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sea:310 South East Asia Visions], [http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:310/#page/18/mode/1up Map]<br>
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=hjQQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Narrative of the captivity of an officer, who fell into the hands of the Burmāhs during the late war''] by Captain Richard Bennett 1827 Google Books<br>*"Burma and the Burmese During the Late War" by Major Bennett, [[1st Regiment of Foot|Royal Regiment]]. ''The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine 1838 Part 3'' [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=e9gRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA76 page 76],[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=e9gRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA207, page 207], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=e9gRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA371, page 371], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=e9gRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA511, page 511] Google Books<br>*[https://archive.org/details/twoyearsinavafr00avagoog ''Two years in Ava, from May 1824 to May 1826''], by an officer on the staff of the Quarter-Master-General’s Department [Thomas Abercromby Trant] 1827 Archive.org. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000005CD42 British Library Digital Collection] with better image and maps (rotatable)
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=o4gfAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''A sketch of the services of the Madras European Regiment during the Burmese War''] by Major John Butler (1839) Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=e3EfDIAlSCsC&pg=PR3 ‪''Travels from India to England‬, comprehending a visit to the Burman Empire and a journey through Persia, Asia Minor, European Turkey etc in the year 1825-26''] by James Edward Alexander, Lieut, late HM’s 13th Light Dragoons. 1827 Google Books
**With an Appendix [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=e3EfDIAlSCsC&pg=PA263 "A Chronological Epitome of the Events of the Burmese War"] page 263
*[https://archive.org/details/narrativeofnaval00marsrich ''Narrative of the Naval Operations in Ava, during the Burmese War, in the years 1824, 1825, and 1826''] by Lieutenant John Marshall 1830. Archive.org. Also available [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000000DD76 British Library Digital Collection]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=NLIHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA114 "East Indies"] ''The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, of the year 1824'', page 114 Google Books<br>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/medalsofbritishn00longrich#page/287/mode/1up "The First War with Burmah 1824-26"] page 287, ''Medals of the British Navy and how they were won'' by W.H. Long 1895 Archive.org<br>
*[https://archive.org/stream/easternfrontiero035321mbp#page/n3/mode/2up ''The Eastern Frontier Of British India 1784-1826''] by Anil Chandra Banerjee. Second Edition , revised and enlarged 1946 (first published 1943) Archive.org <br>
*Fiction
**[https://archive.org/details/youngcadetorhenr00hofl ''The Young Cadet, or, Henry Delamere's Voyage to India : with his travels in Hindostan, and his account of the Burmese War and the wonders of Elora''] by Mrs Hofland, 1831 Archive.org. Note: Missing [https://archive.org/stream/youngcadetorhen00bargoog#page/n221/mode/1up final 2 pages] (from another digital file).
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