Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Watigaon (First Burmah War).

Fought November 15, 1825, when Brigadier-General M’Donell, with four native regiments, advanced in three columns, against a large force of Burmans, under Maha Nemyo. The columns failed to keep touch, and were repulsed in detail, with a loss of 200 men, including the Brigadier.