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Wuntho (inhabited place)

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Subject Source: Local sources

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The Durbar at Wuntho presided over by General Wolseley, Burma [i.e. Myanmar], 1891-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029A/17
Scope and Contents 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...
Dates: 1891-02
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