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600 men. The whole Burmese force then advanced and attacked the 

 Chinese, and forced them to fall back to their great stockade at 

 Shue-nyaung-beng with a heavy loss. This stockade being as large 

 and extensive as a city, the Shye-weng-mhu halted and took post 

 on the east side of the Ndn-ma-bud river. 



On the Let-we-weng-mhu then sending out a party of 100 horse 

 to open a communication with the Shye-weng-mhu, the latter report- 

 ed that all the supplies of the enemy had been intercepted, and 

 their communication with the rear cut off, and proposed that tbe 

 two Burmese forces should make a combined attack on the great 

 Chinese stockades at Shue-nyaung-beng , as, after capturing them, the 

 Chinese army before Kaung-to&n would be enclosed like fish in a net. 

 The Let-we-weng-mhu on receiving this proposition, summoned 

 all his officers, and after praising it to them, advanced with the whole 

 of his ten divisions and joined the Shye-weng-mhii's force before 

 the great Chinese stockades at Shue-nyaung-beng . A plan of attack 

 being then arranged, the Chinese stockades were stormed at four 

 points, to the east by six regiments under the Shye-weng-mhu, to 

 the south by six regiments under Men:ngay-bala, to the west by 

 seven regiments under the^Let-wtj-weng-mhu, and to the north by 

 six regiments under the Lafn-bo*. Some of the Burmese entered 

 by ladders, whilst others entered by the openings which were made 

 by elephants employed to butt against and throw down the gates and 

 timbers. Although the Chinese with their general and the whole 

 of their officers received the Burmese on the top of their works, and 

 maintained a heavy fire, the Burmese, urged on by their generals, 

 the Shye-weng-mhu and Let-we-weng-mhu, succeeded in enter- 

 ing the works, when the whole of the Chinese rushed out of the 

 western face, and joined the army which was before Kaung-toun 

 under their generals Thu'-koun-ye' and Akoun-ye'. The Burmese 

 generals having captured the Chinese entrenchments at Shue-nyaung- 

 beng, with an immense quantity of guns, jinjals, muskets and 

 ammunition, and horses and mules, placed a garrison of 5,000 men 

 in charge of these stockades. The Let-we-weng-mhu with ten 

 divisions then proceeded and took post at Naung-byit on the north 

 bank of the Tsm-khan river, four miles to the south-east of Kaung- 

 totin ; whilst the Shye-weng-mhu with ten regiments took post on 

 the bank of the Len-ban-gya river, opposite to M6:yu village, and 

 eight miles distant from Kaung-toun. 



The Wun-ffvih then sent eight divisions of his fleet under the 

 Misk-kha-ra'-bo and seven other officers to attack the Chinese boats 

 * Officer of Lain, a town and district near Rangoon. 



