Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A wannan lokacin, ban da cewa ƙasar tana ɗaya daga cikin dazuzzuka masu kauri, kuma saboda haka ba ta da kyau ga ayyukan soja, 'yan Burtaniya ba su da masaniya game da ciki na Upper Burma; amma jiragen ruwa na Burtaniya sun yi shekaru suna aiki a kan babbar hanyar kogin Irrawaddy, daga Rangoon zuwa Mandalay, kuma a bayyane yake cewa hanya mafi sauri da gamsarwa don aiwatar da kamfen na Burtaniya ita ce ci gaba ta ruwa kai tsaye a kan babban birnin. Bugu da ƙari, yawancin jiragen ruwa da jiragen ruwa masu sauƙi (ko ɗakuna), waɗanda ke cikin Kamfanin Irrawaddy Flotilla a ƙarƙashin ikon Frederick Charles Kennedy, suna samuwa a Rangoon, kuma ilimin da ke cikin gida na jami'an kamfanin na wahalar kogi yana samuwa ga sojojin Birtaniya. Babban Janar, daga baya Sir, Harry Prendergast an sanya shi a matsayin kwamandan mamayewa. Kamar yadda kawai za a sa ran a cikin wani kamfani na wannan bayanin, an kira jiragen ruwa da kuma sojojin a cikin buƙatar; kuma kamar yadda ya saba da ayyukan da ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa da bindigogi suka yi. Jimlar ƙarfin da ake da shi ya kai sojojin Burtaniya 3,029, 'yan Indiya 6,005 da bindigogi 67, kuma don sabis na kogi, bindigogi 24. Jirgin ruwan kogin da ya kawo sojoji da kayan ajiya ya kunshi fiye da jiragen ruwa 55, jiragen ruwa, da kuma kaddamarwa, da dai sauransu.  Tambaya: Sojojin Birtaniya nawa ne suke cikin rundunar?
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