A Royal Artillery unit use an Ordnance BL 6-inch howitzer to blast holes in the walls of Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, at point blank range.

An explosion sends up a plume of smoke and dust from the walls of Fort Dufferin. A howitzer is loaded by the crew and fired at the wall of the fort which is no more than a few hundred yards in front of them. A large Buddha statue can be seen on the right of the artillery piece. The crew loads another shell and rams it home.

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Mandalay, Burma's second city, was an objective of great importance due to its prestige value and logistical connections, and was also the site of a large Japanese supply dump.

Operations for the capture of Mandalay were extensively covered by other British Army cameramen. See related items.