Piracy in the Far East kept the Royal Marines busy and in 1845 Captain Talbot RN led a force of 350 seamen and Royal Marines in 27 boats up the Songibesar River, in the Labuan area of Borneo, to attack a pirate stronghold. For the loss of 21 killed and wounded this nest was completely wiped out, The Royal Marines were to score another notable victory up the same river over a century later. The Commander-in-Chief, Sir Thomas Cochrane, personally led another attack against the Sultan of Brunei with over 600 men in 1846. They stormed five batteries of guns at Pulo and burnt down the capital; in March 1853 Pegu was taken under siege, but the relieving column was hard pressed to raise it. A strong force of Royal Marines and sailors was landed to provide invaluable assistance. In Burma the notorious Dacoit Myatoon was causing havoc and on 4 February 1854, Royal Marines were part of a 225 strong force that, with the 6th Bengal Native Infantry, attacked the fortified positions at Donabew. This early attempt at jungle warfare ended in disaster, with the column blundering into the main Burmese defences and receiving a bloody nose. A second column retrieved the situation.