<prompt> Panguva iyi, kunze kwekuti nyika yaive imwe yemasango akaoma, uye nekudaro yakanga isina kukodzera mashandiro ehondo, maBritish vaiziva zvishoma nezvemukati meUpper Burma; asi zvikepe zveBritish zvaive zvave nemakore zvichimhanya munzira huru yerwizi rweIrrawaddy River, kubva kuRangoon kuenda kuMandalay, uye zvaive pachena kuti nzira inokurumidza uye inogutsa yekuita mushandirapamwe weBritish yaive yekufambira mberi nemvura yakananga kuguta guru. Uyezve, nhamba hombe yezvikepe zvinomhanya-mhanya uye zvikepe kana mafurati, zviri zveIrrawaddy Flotilla Company pasi pekutonga kwaFrederick Charles Kennedy, zvaive zviripo kuRangoon, uye ruzivo rwemuno rwevakuru vekambani rwekufamba murwizi rwaive rwakaoma kuwanikwa nemauto eBritish.  <response>: 3 029 