Battle of Rangoon (1852)
| Battle of Rangoon (1852) | |||||||
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| Part of the Second Anglo-Burmese War | |||||||
Heavy Howitzer Battery, Rangoon, on 14th April 1852 (drawing by Lt. Blair) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Burma | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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General Henry Godwin Commodore George Lambert | ? | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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c. 5,800 infantrymen 2,270 sailors and marines tens of artillery pieces 19 steam ships |
c. 10,000 men c. 100 artillery pieces | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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34 killed 132 wounded (official British report) | At least c. 200 killed | ||||||
Location in present-day Myanmar | |||||||
The battle of Rangoon was fought between 11 and 14 April 1852 over the city of Rangoon (present-day Yangon), capital of the Third Burmese Empire, as one of the crucial clashes during the Second Anglo-Burmese War between 1852 and 1853. Just after a few days after sparking the conflict British expeditionary troops took control over the city and forced the Burmese army to retreat up north. British Empire then established Rangoon as the capital of British Burma until the end of its rule in 1948.