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1st Burma War

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== Summary ==
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 Commodore Charles Grant and 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.
A timeline of the 1st Burma War can be viewed in ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=rLURAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PPA263 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]].

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