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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

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 Burma ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar

Irrawaddy River ⓘ
Lower Burma ⓘ
linked to: southern Myanmar

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 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 Capture of Prome ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Prome
tookPlaceNear Irrawaddy riverfront at Prome ⓘ
Prome fortifications ⓘ
usedWarfareType land warfare ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

First Anglo-Burmese War → notableBattle → Siege of Prome ⓘ
Siege of Prome → precededBy → Capture of Prome ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Prome