With the Madras European Regiment in Burma – The experiences of an Officer of the Honourable East India Company’s Army during the first Anglo-Burmese – Hardcover-Fast Shipping

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John Butler (Author)

With the Madras European Regiment in Burma. The British Empire’s first Jungle war. This is a fascinating book. It is the first-hand account of an officer of the Madras European Regiment of the Honourable East India Company’s Army – which is a rarity in itself. It concerns the First Burma War – a subject of much interest to students of Indian military history, about which virtually nothing is currently available. The war was a bloody and savage business of pitched battles, ambushes, sieges and the storming of timber stockades; it was a war of gunboats against war canoes – and always there was the impenetrable, nightmare jungle, a formidable opponent in its own right. Butler’s text is supplemented by a history of the Indian Army at this time to provide background and context to this remarkable account.

Number of Pages: 160Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.5 INPublication Date: February 06, 2007