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The Indian mail brings - intelligence that our troops in . Burnaah have

taken Bassein by storm.' ..The Bassein river, on which this tom' is situated,, is the- most Westerly of the branches of the IraWaddy_ which form, the delta land of Pegui as the -Rangoon- river is the most Easterly. The operations or BUT troOps: afe,there, foto still-confined to the low region of mar& ;and fiii.asina, lathe moat unhealthi season 6f the • year. _' ;Copiequently, dysentery; -cholera, and conps...de-_soleil;eontinue theirravages. The Burmese, continue to display obstinate bravery, neutralized by ig-

norance'of tactics. _ .

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