by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Smith, William… (1823)
“ On the 7th April, “by the exertions of the boats under Lieutenant Smith, sent on by Captain Alexander to superintend the passage of the river,“ Sir Archibald’s advanced guard, consisting of two European regiments, was crossed over to Sarrawah, and by the 12th, the whole of the land column was on the left bank of the Irrawaddy. After the occupation of Prome, the light division, under Lieutenant James Wilkinson, of the Liffey, captured eight war-boats, pulling from fifty to sixty oars each, and another laden with guns, jingals, and spears. ”
