The comprehensive history of England : civil and military, religious, intellectual, and social, from the earliest period to the suppression of the Sepoy revolt . defended by 5000 men, weresealed with but a trivial loss to the captors. An eastern camjiaign had commenced oncemore in earnest, and one where the invaders hadnot merely to contend with waiTt of roads andmeans for the transport of artillery, with thickjungles, a hot tropical sun, and long periods ofincessant rain, but an intelligent, brave, high-spirited enemy, fully aware of British superio-rity, and yet ready to risk the encounter.
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The comprehensive history of England : civil and military, religious, intellectual, and social, from the earliest period to the suppression of the Sepoy revolt . defended by 5000 men, weresealed with but a trivial loss to the captors. An eastern camjiaign had commenced oncemore in earnest, and one where the invaders hadnot merely to contend with waiTt of roads andmeans for the transport of artillery, with thickjungles, a hot tropical sun, and long periods ofincessant rain, but an intelligent, brave, high-spirited enemy, fully aware of British superio-rity, and yet ready to risk the encounter. Onthese accounts the progress of our troops, not-withstanding their bravery and the skill of theirold commander, was so slow and precarious, thatnot a little discontent was expressed at head-quarters. On the 11th, the attack on Rangoonwas commenced from the shipping; but althoughthe whole line of defences on the side of theriver was destroyed, the fire of the Burmese in- flicted a severe requital upon our sailors and ma-rines. Matters were not greatly amended whenthe troops were landed; for they had not movedfar when, to their astonishment, the enemy, in-. Teiiporary Stockade, Martaban.—From a sketch by an Oificer of the Iiidiau Anr.y. stead of ensconcing themselves behind their stock-ades as they had been wont, poured their skir-mishers tluough the jungle upon the Britishflanks; and having becon^e good shots, they ra-pidly picked off our men, whose dress exposedthem to notice, while their own was obsciuedby the brushwood. The stockade from Avhiclithese skirmishers issued was at length stormed, although with severe loss; but on advancing toRangoon, our troops experienced a very diflfereutdefence from that they had encountered at Mar-taban; and although, on the 27th of July, thegovernor-general himself, impatient at the lengthof the siege, arrived at Rangoon, hoping that hispresence would accelerate the capture, the citystill continued to hold out. The only counter-poise to thi