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were defeated with great loss, and being now quite disheartened, they dis- 

 persed. Khyngberring, on hearing of the discomfiture of his forces, fled 

 towards Cklttagong, and took refuge, with about twenty trusty follow- 

 ers, on the island of Muscat where he began to form plans for attacking 

 Aracati. In the month of KatsJwn, (May) 1174 Mug era, Khyngberring 

 having assembled about one thousand five hundred Mugs, again invaded 

 Aracan; partly by water with twenty war boats : the rest of his force march- 

 ing by land, and succeeded in surprising the Burmese post at Leeway do, 

 where they found a large depot of grain. The Raja of Aracan, as soon as he 

 heard of Khyngberring's approach, sent a Surdar, by name Nakynbo, with a 

 detachment of one thousand men to oppose him. The Mugs gave him 

 battle near to Mangdu, and were completely routed and dispersed, Khyng- 

 berring escaping only with seven followers. 



The Raja of Aracan supposing that Khyngberring's incursions were 

 connived at, assembled a large force at Mangdu^ and sent a Vakil to the 

 officers commanding at Chillagongt to state, that if Khyngberring and 

 his followers were not given up, a war between the kingdom of Ava and the 

 British Government would be the inevitable consequence. The authorities 

 at Chittagong assured the Vakil, that Khyngberring's incursions were made 

 •without the knowledge or connivance of the British Government, and thus 

 the matter terminated, but not to the satisfaction of the Raja of Aracan. 

 Shortly after this, Khyngberring having collected a number of malcontents, 

 commenced marauding on the plains, and was meditating another attack 

 upon Aracan, but falling in with a British detachment, under Lieutenant 

 Young, near Coxe's Bazar, his party was dispersed : he, notwithstanding, very 

 shortly managed to collect them again, and invaded Aracan with about forty 

 war boats. On his arrival at the village of Majay, he was joined by the 

 headman, and the greater part of the inhabitants. The Raja of y4r<2caw im- 

 mediately sent a fleet of war boats against him, and an engagement took place 



