re 150 cannon and several guns. A ditch surrounded them,
and the passage of it was rendered difficult by spikes and great nails
planted in the earth, by treacherous holes and other contrivances.
Beyond the ditch were several rows of strong railings; but in front of
all was the most formidable defence, an abattis of felled trees, thirty
yards in breadth, extending quite round the works.”

This will give a good idea of the Burmese defences at that time.

The next post of importance occupied was Prome, still farther up the
river, and here, though the lower part of the country was now in the
undisturbed possession of the British, the Burmese army was not yet
cowed, and 60,000 men assembled to blockade Prome. But, assisted by
the fleet which accompanied the advance, the British pushed on, though
opposed step by step, in a series of skirmishes in which the 87th and
41st showed distinguished gallantry; and after a more determined battle
at Melloon, and another at Pagahan-Mew, within forty-five miles of Ava,
a treaty of peace was concluded in February 1826, whereby Arracan, Yé,
Tavoy, Mergui, and Tenasserim were added to the Indian Empire. The war
had cost the lives of 3222 Europeans and 1766 Sepoys, and placed “Ava”
on the colours of the 13th, 38th, 41st, 44th, 45th, 47th, 87th, and
89th Regiments of the line, as well as the Madras European Regiment,
afterwards the 102nd Foot.

But the treaty of Yandaboo, granting safety to merchants and opening
the country up to trade, was never really kept. So much did the
native insolence increase, that in 1852 the foreign inhabitants of
Rangoon embarked in the _Proserpine_, and the occupation of Burmah
was temporarily suspended. But the Marquis of Dalhousie, then
Governor-General, saw the danger of having a hostile State on our
borders, especially if flushed with the idea of strength. In April of
that year, therefore, an army in which were the 18th, 51st, and 80th,
under General Godwin, proceeded to Burmah, and successively occupied,
after but slight resistance, Martaban and 