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Title: On the Irrawaddy, A Story of the First Burmese War
Author: G. A. Henty
Narrator: Mike Harris
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-24-17
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
With the exception of the terrible retreat from Afghanistan, none of England's many little wars have been so fatal in proportion to the number of those engaged as our first expedition to Burma. The Burman policy of carrying off every boat on the river, laying waste the whole country, and driving away the inhabitants and the herds, maintained our army as prisoners in Rangoon through the first wet season; and caused the loss of half the white officers and men first sent there.
The subsequent campaign was no less fatal and, although large reinforcements had been sent, fifty percent of the whole died; so that less than two thousand fighting men remained in the ranks, when the expedition arrived within a short distance of Ava. Not until the last Burmese army had been scattered did the court of Ava submit to the by no means onerous terms we imposed.
©2017 SAGA Egmont (P)2017 SAGA Egmont
Contact me for any questions: [email protected]
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Title: On the Irrawaddy, A Story of the First Burmese War
Author: G. A. Henty
Narrator: Mike Harris
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-24-17
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
With the exception of the terrible retreat from Afghanistan, none of England's many little wars have been so fatal in proportion to the number of those engaged as our first expedition to Burma. The Burman policy of carrying off every boat on the river, laying waste the whole country, and driving away the inhabitants and the herds, maintained our army as prisoners in Rangoon through the first wet season; and caused the loss of half the white officers and men first sent there.
The subsequent campaign was no less fatal and, although large reinforcements had been sent, fifty percent of the whole died; so that less than two thousand fighting men remained in the ranks, when the expedition arrived within a short distance of Ava. Not until the last Burmese army had been scattered did the court of Ava submit to the by no means onerous terms we imposed.
©2017 SAGA Egmont (P)2017 SAGA Egmont
Contact me for any questions: [email protected]