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{{War|name=1st Burma War |dates=5 March 1823-24 February 1826 |image=|location=[[Burma]] |combatant1=[[British India]] |combatant2=[[Burma]]| |result=<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Yandabo Treaty of Yanabo]<br>Assam, Manipur & Tenasserim ceded to Britain<br>£5m indemnity paid by Burma|medal=<br>[http://www.britishmedalsmedals.infoorg.uk/united-kingdom/army_of_india_medalunited-kingdom104.html htm Army of India Medal 1799-1826], Ava 1824-26 Clasp<br>[http://www.medals.org.uk/united-kingdom/united-kingdom245.htm HEIC Medal for Burma 1824-26] |category=[[:Category:1st Burma War|1st Burma War]] |link1=}}

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, in Sylhet and Cachar in January and February 1824 were defeated. On 5 March war was declared and an expeditionary force under [http://www.penang-traveltips.com/charles-grant.htm Commodore Charles Grant ] and [[Archibald Campbell|Maj-Gen Sir Archibald Campbell anchored off ]] sailed to [[Rangoon]] which was captured. It took two years and 20,000 casualties before the British defeated the Burmese. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Yandabo Treaty of Yanabo] ceded [[Assam]], [[Arakan]] and [[Tenasserim]] to the British who also extracted 10 million rupeed indemnity.

== Expeditionary Force ==See note<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924007613528#page/n33/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India] Vol V Burma 1907 </ref> <br> ''Commanded by [[Archibald Campbell|Brig-Gen Sir Archibald Campbell KCB]]''<br>BENGAL CONTINGENT<br>'''Bengal Infantry Brigade'''<br>''Lt-Col M'Creagh CB, Brigadier Commanding''*[[13th Regiment of Foot|HM 13th Foot]]*[[38th Regiment of Foot|HM 38th Foot]]*[[40th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|2nd Btn 20th Madras Native Infantry]]<br>'''Bengal Artillery'''<br>''[[George Pollock|Lt-Col George Pollock]] commanding''*3rd Coy 5th Btn [[Bengal Artillery]]*4th Coy 5th Btn [[Bengal Artillery]]<br>MADRAS CONTINGENT<br>'''1st Madras Infantry Brigade'''<br>''Lt-Col W Smelt, Brigadier Commanding''*[[41st Regiment of Foot|HM 41st Foot]]*2nd Btn [[72nd Punjab Regiment|8th Madras Native Infantry]]*2nd Btn [[18th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry|10th Madras Native Infantry]]'''2nd Madras Infantry Brigade'''<br>''Lt-Col C Hodgson, Brigadier Commanding''*[[41st Regiment of Foot|HM 41st Foot]]*2nd Btn [[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|1st Madras European Regiment]]*1st Btn [[13th 69th Punjab Regiment of Foot|9th Madras Native Infantry]]'''3rd Madras Infantry Brigade'''<br>''Lt-Col H F Smith, Brigadier Commanding''*1st Btn [[63rd (Palamcottah) Light Infantry|Madras Native (Light) Infantry]]*2nd Btn [[38th 34th Regiment of FootMadras Native Infantry|17th Madras Native Infantry]]*1st Btn [[41st Madras Sappers and Miners|Madras Pioneers]]'''4th Madras Infantry Brigade'''<br>''Lt-Col E Miles CB, Brigadier Commanding''*[[89th Regiment of Foot|HM 89th Foot]]*1st Btn [[69th 67th Punjab Regiment|9th 7th Madras Native Infantry]]*1st Btn [[43rd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry|22nd Madras Native Infantry]]<BR>

TROOP STRENGTH<br>{| |-| Artillery| 916|-| Pioneers| 552|-| European Infantry| 3,969|-| Native Infantry| 5,218|-| '''Total'''| '''10,655'''|}==External Linkslinks=={{Library|link1=[http://www.google.com/books?as_labelsuid=4345922024743697884&as_coll=1st+burma+war1044&uidsource=4345922024743697884 gbs_lp_bookshelf_list |tag1=1st Burma War] |link2=[http://www.google.com/books?as_labelsuid=burma4345922024743697884&uidas_coll=1076&source=4345922024743697884 gbs_lp_bookshelf_list |tag2=Burma] |link3= |tag3= }}*[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_burmah.php Burmese Wars] Heritage History<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Burmese_Wars Anglo-Burmese Wars] Wikipedia<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>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Burmese_War 1st Burma War 1823-26] Wikipedia<br>*[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.*[https://peek-01.livejournal.com/35945.html Britain’s Wars in Burma (1824-1946)] by Ross Dix-Peek. Lists the regiments taking part. 1st, [[2nd Burma War| 2nd]] and [[3rd Burma War]]s. ==== Historical books online ====*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284842/mode/2up ''A Narrative Of The First Burmese War 1824-26 With the Various Official Reports and Despatches Describing the Operations of Naval and Military Forces Employed, and Other Documents Bearing Upon the Origin, Progress, and Conclusion of the Contest''] by G W De Rhé-Philipe, formerly of the Military Department of the Government of India. Printed at Calcutta, Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1905. Archive.org*[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>*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924007613528#page/n17/mode/2up ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol V - First Burmese War''] www.archive.org<br>*[http://www.archive.org/stream/indiarobe07robeuoft#page/292/mode/2up Historical geography of the British Dependencies Vol VII India Part I - First Burma War] www.archive.org<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*"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*[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).**[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011124520 ''On the Irrawaddy : a Story of the First Burmese War''] by G A Henty 1897 Archive.org*:[https://archive.org/details/on_irrawaddy_1008_mh_librivox Librivox Audio version] Archive.org**[https://archive.org/details/cu31924006027209 ''Marching to Ava : a Story of the First Burmese War''] by Henry Charles Moore catalogued 1904. Archive.org**[https://archive.org/details/sabresedge00mall/page/n5 ''The Sabre's Edge''] by Allan Mallinson 2004. Archive.org Lending Library. Set in the period of the 1st Burma War and the [[Siege of Bhurtpore 1826|Siege of Bhurtpore]]. == References ==<references /> {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}