<prompt> Ngalesi sikhathi, ngaphandle kokuthi izwe lalingelinye lamahlathi aminyene, futhi ngenxa yalokho lalingathandeki kakhulu emisebenzini yezempi, abaseBrithani babengazi okuningi kwangaphakathi kwe-Upper Burma; kodwa imikhumbi yemikhumbi yaseBrithani yayineminyaka eminingi isebenza emgwaqeni omkhulu womfula i-Irrawaddy River, kusuka eRangoon kuya eMandalay, futhi kusobala ukuthi indlela esheshayo futhi egculisayo yokwenza umkhankaso waseBrithani kwakuyi- ukuqhubekela phambili ngamanzi ngqo enhlokodolobha. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inani elikhulu lemikhumbi yemikhumbi yemikhumbi elula kanye nezikebhe noma amaflethi, okwakunge-Irrawaddy Flotilla Company ngaphansi kokulawulwa kukaFrederick Charles Kennedy, lalitholakala eRangoon, futhi ulwazi lwasendaweni lwamaphoyisa enkampani ngokuhamba komfula lwalunzima ukufinyelela amabutho aseBrithani. UMajor-General, ngemuva kokubekwa kukaSir Harry Prendergast, kwakubaluleke kakhulu ngaphakathi kwe-Upper Burma; kodwa amabutho aseBrithani ayesebenza iminyaka eminingi emgwaqweni omkhulu womfula i  <response>: 3,029 Izindawo zokuhlala 