§ EARL GRANVILLEI beg to ask the noble Viscount the Secretary of State for India, Whether he has any information with regard to regiments said to have been sent to Burmah?
§ VISCOUNT CRANBROOKMy Lords, yesterday I received a telegram from the Viceroy, stating that troops had been despatched to British Burmah—not in consequence of anything that had happened at Burmah, but merely as a precautionary measure recommended by the Resident. I will read the telegram to your Lordships —
In compliance with a strong recommendation of the Chief Comissioner of Rangoon and the Resident at Mandalay, measures have been taken to reinforce the garrison of British Burmah by three regiments—namely, two of Native infantry and one of British.That is all the information I have received; but I have telegraphed for further information.