The gazette is publishing dispatches received by the Government of India from Charles John Austen, Commander-in-Chief of HM Ships and Vessels in the Indian seas; and from Lieutenant General Henry Thomas Godwin, Commander of the Forces in Ava [Inwa, Myanmar], Arracan [Rakhine State, Myanmar], and...
The gazette is publishing extracts from a dispatch received by the Government of India from Lieutenant General Henry Thomas Godwin, Commander of the Forces in in Ava [Inwa, Myanmar], Arracan [Rakhine State, Myanmar], and Tenasserim [Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar] Provinces, dated 22 April 1852. The...
The gazette is publishing extracts from a dispatch received by the Government of India from Lieutenant General Henry Thomas Godwin, Commander of the Forces in in Ava [Inwa, Myanmar], Arracan [Rakhine State, Myanmar], and Tenasserim [Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar] Provinces, dated 22 April 1852. Th...
The gazette is providing notification that the Baragu River and other outlets of the Irrawady [Irrawwadi, Myanmar] are included in the blockade declared by G R Lambert, Commodore in the Royal Navy, on 6 March 1852. It should be noted that f. 37 and f. 39 are duplicate copies of this item.
The gazette is publishing a General Order issued by the Governor General of India announcing the capture, and occupation of the city of Prome on 9 October 1852. It also contains published dispatches from Commodore George Robert Lambert, and Major General Henry Thomas Godwin; these dispatches repo...
The gazette is publishing a General Order issued by the Governor General of India announcing the capture, and occupation of the city of Pegu [Bago, Myanmar] on 21 November 1852. It also contains published dispatches from Commodore George Robert Lambert, and Major General Henry Thomas Godwin; thes...
The gazette is conveying news of the capture of Martaban [Mottama, Myanmar] and Rangoon by British forces in Burmah [Myanmar]. It therefore instructs a Royal Salute to be carried out at each Military station in the Bombay Presidency. The item contains three copies of this notification.
The supplement (two copies) reports the capture of Bassein [Pathein, Myanmar] by British forces. It includes commendations for named officers; returns of the dead and wounded; returns of captured artillery; and copies of two letters. The correspondence included is as follows: 1. Letter from Lie...
The gazette (two copies) is announcing that an Expedition has been sent against the Burmese; the justification given is that the Governor General of India has failed to obtain redress from the Court of Ava for injuries inflicted against British subjects. It further announces the success of said ...
Covering letter labelled 'Secret Department' from the Secretary of the Government of Bombay, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident of the Persian Gulf
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The covering letter encloses a copy of a despatch sent from the Edward Clive Bayley, Under Secretary to the Government of India to the Governor General, dated 22 October 1850. The despatch concerns the recent hostiles of the Governor of Muscat Thuwaini bin Said, against the Chief of Suhar. The Un...