Gordon Bremer
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Sir James John Gordon Bremer was a British Royal Navy officer. He served in the Napoleonic Wars against France, the First Anglo-Burmese War in Burma, and the First Opium War in China.
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Bremer (left of centre) on board HMS Wellesley with Chinese officials on 4 July 1840, a day before the capture of Chusan
Portrait by Colesworthy Grant
First Anglo-Burmese War
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The First Anglo-Burmese War, also known as the First Burma War in English language accounts and First English Invasion War in Burmese language accounts, was the first of three wars fought between the
Gordon Bremer
…James John Gordon Bremer (26 September 1786 – 14 February 1850) was a British Royal Navy officer. He served in the Napoleonic Wars against France, the First Anglo-Burmese War in Burma, and the First Opium War in China. Born in Portsea, Portsmouth, Bremer joined the Royal Naval College as a student in 1797. He became a…
The British launched an amphibious assault on Rangoon on 11 May 1824.
Embassy of Michael Symes to King Bodawpaya at Amarapura in 1795
A British depiction of Bagyidaw purportedly ordering his troops to wrest Bengal from the East India Company