konnoughee

Updated: May 4, 2025

A most important expedition was sent up the river Irrawaddy under the command of Captain Tarleton, on board the Medusa. He had with him three Company's steamers. They proceeded to Konnoughee, a short distance below Proom, where a strong force, which appeared on shore, was put to flight by the shells thrown from the vessels.

William Henry Giles Kingston - How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves: Updated to 1900

At a place called Konnoughee, twenty-five miles below Prome, a large body of armed men were observed collected on the banks; and on a shell being fired among them, they opened a vigorous fire from six guns and from a large number of musketry.

William Henry Giles Kingston - Our Sailors: Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign