A History of Assam c20.5

c20.5

The British then marched against the Manipur force which had taken up a very strong position at Dudpatli. The assault failed, and a retreat was made to Jātrāpur. Here reinforcements were received which would have sufficed for a fresh attack, but the Burmese, although they had repelled the assault on their stockades, had lost heavily, and had already fallen back to Manipur. The scarcity of supplies in Cachar rendered it extremely difficult to maintain a large force there; and the British, on hearing of the enemy’s retreat, went into cantonments at Sylhet, leaving only a detachment of the Rangpur Local Infantry in Cachar.