... amounting to between 50 and 60,000 well armed men, with a numerous artillery and cavalry. Rangoon is seated at the mouth of a large river, on which were a great number of Burman war boats, opposed by British armed vessels of various descriptions. Part of ...

... also obliged to fly from their furious assailant, and to shut the door to prevent him entering. Soon afterwards, the waiters armed themselves, and having seized the fellow, had him lodged in the Police cells. _ _ Among other effects of the late extremely ...