This is an account of the Second Burmese War of 1852-53, as seen through the eyes of an English officer. It includes sketchmaps of the defences of Rangoon and Bassein. This is an account of the Second Anglo-Burmese War, undertaken to promote the activities of British colonial merchants in the region, and to avenge perceived insults, . injustice and oppression' of British representatives by the Burmese court. An important document of colonial history,...