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[[Category:Battles|Kemmendine, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Burma War 1823-26|Kemmendine, Battle of]]
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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Burma War 1823-26|1st Burma War 1823-26]]|date=10 & 19 June 1824
|location=[http://nona.net/features/map/placedetail.1558700/Kemmendine/ Kemmendine], Rangoon, Burma
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=16.846201,96.067629&z=10&t=h&hl=en 16.846201°N 96.067629°E]
|result=British victory at significant loss
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Burmese
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Archibald_Campbell%2C_1st_Baronet Brig Gen Sir Archibald Campbell]Lt-Col Smith(10 June)<br>Lt-Col Mallet (19 June)
|commander2=
|strength1=3,000
|strength2=
|casualties1= 138 |casualties2= considerable
}}
== Attacking Force 19 June ==
'''First Column'''<br>
''Lt-Colonel Mallet''
*[[89th Regiment of Foot|HM 89th Regiment]] (500 men)
*[[41st Regiment of Foot|HM 41st Regiment]] (250 men)
*[[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|Madras European Regiment]] (250 men)
*1st Btn [[67th Punjab Regiment|7th Madras Native Infantry]] (450 men)
*2nd Btn [[72nd Punjab Regiment|8th Madras Native Infantry]] (350 men)
*2nd Btn [[77th Moplah Rifles|17th Madras Native Light Infantry]] (200 men)<br>
'''Second Column'''<br>
''Brigadier Hodgson''
*[[13th Regiment of Foot|HM 13th Foot]] (a detachment)
*[[38th Regiment of Foot|HM 38th Foot]] (a detachment)
*[[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|Madras European Regiment]]
*1st Btn [[69th Punjab Regiment|9th Madras Native Infantry]]
*1st Btn [[82nd Punjab Regiment|22nd Madras Native Infantry]]
'''Third Column'''<br>
''Brigadier Smelt''
*[[21st Regiment of Foot|HM 21st Foot]]
*1st Btn [[63rd (Palamcottah) Light Infantry|3rd Madras Native Infantry]]
*2nd Btn [[10th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry|10th Madras Native Infantry]]
*2nd Btn ?th Madras Native Infantry
== External Links ==
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_burmah.php Heritage History - Burmese Wars]Heritage History<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Burmese_Wars Wikipedia - Anglo-Burmese Wars]Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Burmese_War Wikipedia - 1st Burma War]Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=p4BCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA444&dq=Kemmendine&as_brr=3#PPA444,M1 Capture of Kemmendine] Google Books - Capture [[Category:Battles|Kemmendine, Battle of ]][[Category:1st Burma War|Kemmendine, Battle of]]
