 Bandula had walked around the fort to boost the morale of his men, in his full insignia under a glittering golden umbrella, discarding the warnings of his generals that he would prove an easy target for the enemy's guns.Maha Bandula looms large in Burmese history for his courage to take on the British.Due in large measure to Bandula's leadership, the First Anglo-Burmese War was the only one of the three Anglo-Burmese wars in which the Burmese were able to put up a fight.