 Complete the following phrase:  After promotion to rear-admiral on 9 June 1882, Richards was appointed Junior Naval Lord in July 1882 and then Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station, hoisting his flag in the corvette HMS Bacchante, in May 1885. In that role he organized and equipped a naval brigade to support the British advance up the Irrawaddy River in November 1885 during the 