With the Madras European Regiment in Burma - The experiences of an Officer of the Honourable East India Company's Army during the first Anglo-Burmese (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781846771460)

With the Madras European Regiment in Burma. The British Empire's first Jungle war. This is a fascinating book. It is the first-hand account of an officer of the Madras European Regiment of the Honourable East India Company's Army - which is a rarity in itself. It concerns the First Burma War - a subject of much interest to students of Indian military history, about which virtually nothing is currently available. The war was a bloody and savage business of pitched battles, ambushes, sieges and the storming of timber stockades; it was a war of gunboats against war canoes - and always there was the impenetrable, nightmare jungle, a formidable opponent in its own right. Butler's text is supplemented by a history of the Indian Army at this time to provide background and context to this remarkable account.

Author: John Butler
ISBN-10: 1846771463
ISBN-13: 9781846771460
Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
Language: English
Published: 01/22/2007
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d