The Third Anglo-Burmese War Hostile_encounter , also known as the Third Burma War , was a conflict that took place Process_start during 7–29 November 1885 , with sporadic resistance and insurgency continuing into 1887 .

The war saw the loss Earnings_and_losses of sovereignty of an independent Burma under the Konbaung dynasty , whose rule had already been reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to the territory known as Upper Burma , the region of Lower Burma having been annexed by the British in 1853 , as a result of the Second Anglo-Burmese War .