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{{Battlemap|war=2nd Burma War 1852-53|link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&ll=17.539297,97.316895&spn=15.959994,14.128418&t=p&z=6&msid=101241150585833319689.00046e33e3f4ac02cf670}}== Cause of the War - An Imperial View ==''"The future historian may write that the Second Burmese war was chiefly caused and prolonged by a few blustering Burmese officers, the representatives of a self-interested rabble, whose chief object was to fill the golden ear of royalty with false reports, that they might prop up a government fast falling to decay, and with greater vigour sow the seeds of ruin in these fertile and beautiful regions. He will then probably gladly tell how the British power came forward in time of need with that protecting hand which has been so often held forth in similar missions, and which we trust may be so employed until peace secures in her fair dominions the entire human family."''<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ftq1AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover 'Pegu' by Lt William Laurie] == Expeditionary Force ==*[[18th Regiment of Foot]] (850 men)*[[51st Regiment of Foot]] (900 men)*[[80th Regiment of Foot]] (460 men)*Artillery (5 companies, 517 men)*Native Infantry (3 regiments, 2,800 men)*Gun Lascars (70 men)*Sappers and Miners (170 men)Total 5,767 men == External Links ==For details see main article [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/Second_Anglo-Burmese_War Wikipedia - 2nd Burma War 1852-53]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VjoQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Second+Burmese+War,+Laurie&ei=lmuuSYmgDoHmyASGlemNCg Google Books - Operations at Rangoon in 1852 by Lt William Laurie]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ftq1AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books - Events in Second Burmese War Aug 1852 - Jun 1853 by Lt William Laurie]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cREaAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA113&dq=Burmese&as_brr=3&ei=I_tYSaaEI6asNYXZnPMF#PPA113,M1 Medals of the British Army - 2nd Burmese War]'''
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[[Category:Wars and Campaigns|Burma War, 2nd]]
[[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Burma War, 2nd]]
