Battle of Rangoon

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Rangoon was a key early engagement in 1824 during the First Anglo-Burmese War, in which British forces captured and occupied the strategic port city of Rangoon (now Yangon) in Burma.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Rangoon canonical	2
Battle of Yangon	1
Capture of Rangoon (1824)	1
Rangoon campaign	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Rangoon ⓘ surface form: Capture of Rangoon (1824)
belligerent	British Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Burma ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
campaign	Second Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ surface form: British invasion of Lower Burma
conflict	First Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ
conflictType	colonial war battle ⓘ
countryAtTime	Kingdom of Burma ⓘ
date	1824 ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ British colonial expansion in Southeast Asia ⓘ
followedBy	Burma campaign ⓘ surface form: British inland campaigns in Burma
location	Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Burma Yangon ⓘ surface form: Rangoon Yangon ⓘ
notableFeature	early major engagement of the First Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ
outcome	British forces seized the city ⓘ British colonial administration in Burma ⓘ surface form: Rangoon became a British base of operations in Burma
partOf	First Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ
portStatus	Port of Yangon ⓘ surface form: Rangoon was a key Burmese port city at the time
precededBy	British declaration of war on Burma in 1824 ⓘ
presentDayLocation	Yangon ⓘ surface form: Yangon, Myanmar
result	British capture of Rangoon ⓘ British occupation of Rangoon ⓘ
startDate	1824 ⓘ
strategicImportance	capture of major port city ⓘ control of access to Burma via sea ⓘ
theatre	First Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Battle of Rangoon
Description of subject: The Battle of Rangoon was a key early engagement in 1824 during the First Anglo-Burmese War, in which British forces captured and occupied the strategic port city of Rangoon (now Yangon) in Burma.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Anglo-Burmese War → notableBattle → Battle of Rangoon ⓘ

Second Anglo-Burmese War → militaryCampaign → Battle of Rangoon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangoon campaign

Japanese occupation of Burma → significantEvent → Battle of Rangoon ⓘ

Maha Bandula → notableBattle → Battle of Rangoon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Yangon

Battle of Rangoon → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Rangoon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capture of Rangoon (1824)