[On the Irrawaddy by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookOn the Irrawaddy CHAPTER 8: The Pagoda 26/29
All the troops know him, and will fight for him as they will not fight for these princes--who know nothing of war, and are chosen only because they are the king's brothers.
When he comes, you will see." "No doubt we shall, Meinik; and you will see that, although they may make a better fight of it than they have done tonight, it will be just the same, in the end." For the next two months the time passed slowly.
No attacks were made by the enemy, after the defeat of the assault upon the pagoda. Peasants and deserters who came in reported that there was profound depression among the Burmese troops.
Great numbers had left the colours, and there was no talk of another attack. The troops being, therefore, relieved of much of their arduous night duty, the English took the offensive.
The stockades on the Dalla river, and those upon the Panlang branch--the principal passage into the main stream of the Irrawaddy--were attacked and carried, the enemy suffering heavily, and many pieces of artillery being captured. The rains continued almost unceasingly, and the troops suffered terribly in health.
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