Narrative of the Naval Operations in Ava, during the Burmese War, in ... 1824, 1825 and 1826. (Addenda et corrigenda.-Appendix.)

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NARRATIVE or THE NAVAL OPERATIONS IN AVA, DURING THE BURMESE WAR, IN THE YEARS 1824, 1825, and 132G. BY LIEUTENANT JOHN MARSHALL, author of The royal naval biography. LONDON: LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN AND GREEN. 1830. Price (>s. W. Puple, Printer, 67, CliaiKery Lane. I (1 HIS MAJESTY KING WILLIAM THE FOURTH, THIS UNPRETENDING RECORD OF THE SERVICES PERFORMED BY THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE LATE WAR BETWEEN THE HON. EAST INDIA COMPANY AND THE EMPIRE OF AVA, IS MOST HUMBLY INSCRIBED, BV HIS MAJESTY'S MOST DEVOTED AND DUTIFUL SERVANT, THE AUTHOR.

Preface

. 1 he history of the Burman empire, comprising the king doms of Ava and Pegu, is detailed at some length in the in troductory part of " Symes's Mission" to the capital. A suc cinct and connected view of the events in that quarter, in the years 1824, 1825, and 1826, is prefixed to a collection of political and military documents, illustrative of the Bur mese war, published at Calcutta, by Horace Hayman Wil son, Esq in 182/. The operations of Sir Archibald Camp bell's army, from its landing at Rangoon, to the couclusion of a definitive treaty of peace at Yandaboo, have been partly detailed by Major Snodgrass ; but, although some of the naval officers who served in conjunction with that force are known to be " amply endowed with every requisite qualification to treat the subject as it merits," not one has yet stepped forward to do it justice.

Major Snodgrass, in the preface to the second edition of his history, which is very interesting to general readers, speaks of an expected naval narrative ; but as nothing of the kind appears to be forthcoming ; as I am now about to publish the Ninth Part of my Biographical Work, in which the memoirs

PREFACE.

. of the officers who conducted the most important naval ope rations of the Burmese war will necessarily appear ; and as many readers of the Major's work, who know nothing of mine, may probably wish to be informed in what degree the officers and men of the royal navy were instrumental in bringing the "goldenfooted monarch" to a proper bearing ; I have been induced to publish the following narrative in its present shape, for the purpose of placing the active, gallant, laborious, and eminently successful exertions of the "blues" in a proper point of view. The subscribers to the Royal Naval Biography are requested to observe, that this sketch will be given as an Appendix to their copies of Vol. III. (now in the press) by which arrangement the otherwise necessary repetition of different parts will be effectually avoided.

To the narrative is appended the substance of a correspondence since held, on the sxibject of remuneration granted to the land forces and Bombay marine, but hitherto with held from the royal navy. The Index contains the names of most of the officers of each service who were particularly men tioned in the official despatches relative to the Burmese war. DURING THE BURMESE WAR.