Siege of Prome

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The Siege of Prome was a key 1825 military engagement in the First Anglo-Burmese War, where British forces successfully defended the strategic town of Prome against Burmese attempts to retake it.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Capture of Prome 1
Siege of Prome canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military siege
conflictIn First Anglo-Burmese War
conflictSide British side
Burmese side
conflictType colonial war engagement
followedBy British advance towards Ava
hasBelligerent British Empire
Konbaung Dynasty
hasCommander Archibald Campbell
Maha Bandula
hasEffect strengthened British position in Lower Burma
weakened Burmese capacity to continue the war
hasHistoricalPeriod British colonial expansion in Southeast Asia
hasLocation Myanmar
surface form: Burma

Irrawaddy River
southern Myanmar
surface form: Lower Burma

Myanmar
Prome
Pyay
hasOutcome British victory
hasParticipant British Army
British East India Company
Burmese forces
Kingdom of Ava
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
hasResult British successfully defended Prome
Burmese attempt to retake Prome repulsed
hasStartTime 1825
hasStrategicImportance control of Irrawaddy River communications
gateway to Upper Burma
hasTheater First Anglo-Burmese War
surface form: Burmese theater of the First Anglo-Burmese War
isKeyEventIn First Anglo-Burmese War
isPartOfCampaign British Irrawaddy River campaign
occurredInCentury 19th century
occurredInYear 1825
partOf First Anglo-Burmese War
precededBy Siege of Prome self-linksurface differs
surface form: Capture of Prome
tookPlaceNear Irrawaddy riverfront at Prome
Prome fortifications
usedWarfareType land warfare
siege warfare

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Referenced by (2)

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First Anglo-Burmese War notableBattle Siege of Prome
Siege of Prome precededBy Siege of Prome self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Capture of Prome