Danubyu

Danubyu stands on the Irrawaddy in the delta of Lower Burma. Its riverbank became a battlefield during the First Anglo-Burmese War. After withdrawing from the fighting around Yangon, the Burmese commander Maha Bandula fortified the town with a long teak stockade and gathered his army there. British forces besieged the position in 1825. Bandula was killed during the bombardment, and the defenders abandoned the fort; the British occupied it on 2 April. The fall of Danubyu opened the way for their advance upriver.