Janus: Burma Campaigns 1889-91

RCS/Y3029A contains:
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12	The assault on Kyaing-Kwintaung Stockade by the Coy 2nd Devon Regt. Under Capt. Davies and 2nd Lts. Holman and Logan
13	The palace at Wuntho
14	Street in Wuntho
15	The Wuntho Sawbwa's troops surrendering arms to the British authorities at Wuntho
16	The Bazaar, Bhamo
17	The Durbar at Wuntho presided over by General Wolseley, Burma [i.e. Myanmar]
18	Haka Fort
19	[Haka Fort]
20	Chin House
21	Chin House
22	The late Lt. James's burial ground
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Burma Campaigns 1889-91

Title	The Durbar at Wuntho presided over by General Wolseley, Burma [i.e. Myanmar]
Reference	Y3029A/17
Creator	Beato, Felix, fl 1850-1891, photographer
Covering Dates	Feb. 1891
Extent and Medium	Good condition, apart from slight fading.

Content and context

273 x 196 mm. Showing George Wolseley standing in the centre of a group of British soldiers and Burmese officials. On the outbreak of the Wuntho Sawbwa rebellion an expeditionary force commanded by Wolseley was organized from Mandalay, but by the time it reached the area, resistance had been largely crushed. The town of Wuntho was occupied on February 24 and Wolseley arrived two days later. This photograph was presumably taken around this date. General (Sir) George Benjamin Wolseley (1839-1921) was a brother of Viscount Wolseley and served in the Indian Mutiny, the Afghan War of 1878-88 and the Egyptian campaign of 1882 before his appointment as Brigadier General in the Burma Campaign of 1886-88. He was later Lieutenant General in command of Forces in the Punjab 1897-98 and in Madras 1898-1903.

Further information

For fuller details of the Wuntho Sawbwa rebellion, see: Scott 1900, volume 1, part 1, pages 180-186.

Indexed

CN 2197.

Index Terms

Beato, Felix (fl 1852-1903) photographer

Wolseley, Sir George Benjamin (1839-1921) Knight, General

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