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Show THE BRITISH BEFORE MANDALAY. An Attack on King TTheebaw's Capital Cap-ital Expected To-Day-Description of, the Town. Rangoon, November 27. An offioial dispatch dis-patch from General Irendergast, commander com-mander of the British expeditionary force, states that the British had a successful fight with the Burmese at Hagan, on the 24th instant, and expect to reach Mandalay, the capital of Burmah, to-morrow. Mandalay is about three miles from the Irrawaddy river, so it will be rather far away for anything like effective fire from British gunboats, should they get up to it. There is a massive brick wall around the four sides of the city. Each, wall has a gate, and over the gates are towers with seven roofs, all of them bright with gilding. At regular intervals there are smaller towers which serve for the purpose of guard houses. The walls are surrounded by a deep ditch 150 feet wide. .. |