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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A letter from Calcutta dated Dec. 25 reports the Kingdom of Ava will soon become subject to British power, opening the way for Christianity and civilization. Calcutta papers detail British victory over 60,000 Burmese troops at Rangoon in early December, capturing 240 guns with minimal British losses and 5,000 Burmese dead.
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The Calcutta papers contain the official accounts of a desperate engagement, or rather series of engagements, which took place at Rangoon, beginning of December last, between the British and Burmese armies, which terminated in favor of the former. The whole force of the Burman empire, amounting to about 60,000 well armed troops, and provided with a park of artillery, consisting of 300 pieces, took the field, but after seven days almost constant fighting, they were totally defeated and dispersed, leaving 240 guns in the hands of the victors. Five thousand of the natives fell in the contest, while the loss of the British is stated to have been inconsiderable.
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Rangoon
Event Date
Beginning Of December Last
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burmese: 5,000 killed, 240 guns captured, total defeat and dispersion; british: inconsiderable loss
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Letter from Calcutta dated Dec. 25 states Kingdom of Ava will soon become subject to British power, opening way for Christianity and civilization. Official accounts report desperate engagements at Rangoon between British and Burmese armies, with 60,000 well-armed Burmese troops and 300 artillery pieces defeated after seven days of fighting.