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 War 1824-1826

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.Butler, John is the author of '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 War 1824-1826', published 2007 under ISBN 9781846771460 and ISBN 1846771463.