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Sir Arthur P. Phayre —On the History of Pegu. 
[No. 1, 
hi, a few miles to the north ofTa-kun. This stockade the Burmese could 
not take, and were delayed so long before it, that the dreaded rainy season 
approached. They made a sudden retreat, which turned into a disorderly 
flight. The Mun army pursued them as far as Prome, hut did not ven¬ 
ture to attack that city. Being thus rid of the invader, the king deter¬ 
mined to reduce to obedience those near him who were dangerous. He 
first directed his attention to the eastward. He attacked and took Dun- 
wun, the chief of which city had been in communication with Lauk-bya. 
He next took Lagwunpyin, and from thence sent one of his officers to 
attack Muttama. Byat-ta-ba does not appear to have remained in the 
city, which was defended by two officers having the foreign names of E-bra- 
un and U-le. # They had several decked boats useful for service on the 
rivers and creeks, and did not wait to be attacked in the city, but fought 
a battle outside. The army of the king of Pegu suffered severely, but 
in a second action this check was retained, and the two commanders of 
the Mataban army, fearing to enter the city, fled in decked boats to the 
Kula country. Byat-ta-ba appears to have accompanied them. The citi¬ 
zens at once submitted, and Badzadirit coming to Muttama appointed 
governors to it, and to Maulamyaing. These events occurred in the year 
750 (A. D. 1888), and the king then returned to Pegu. # 
Badzadirit now determined to attack Lauk-bya in Myaung-mya. He 
went against that place with a large force, but finding it too strong, he 
advanced against Pu-thin (Bassein), where Lauk-bya’s three sons com¬ 
manded. He attacked, but the foreign decked boats were armed with fire¬ 
arms, and the Pegu force lost many killed and wounded. The general was 
among the former. His body was brought away and buried by the king’s 
command at the foot of the Ta-kun pagoda. The Pegu force retreated 
towards Myaung-mya. The Puthin force being very strong in boats, fol¬ 
lowed under the command of Lauk-shin, one of the sons of Lauk-bya, but 
suffered a defeat. The king remained at Dala to direct operations and a 
portion of Lauk-bya’s force was destroyed ; he himself was made prisoner 
and Myaung-mya surrendered. The king then pushed on to Pu-thin, and 
Lauk-shin put all his valuables on elephants, intending to join the king 
of Prome. But being intercepted, he crossed the mountains into Arakan, 
and went to Than-dwe. An army followed and demanded that he should 
be given up. The governor surrendered him, and he was made a pagoda- 
slave at the Shwe-dagun. His wife being of the royal family, was spared 
and sent to Muttama. This was in the year 752, A. L). 1390. The 
* From the docked boats and the names of the commanders, which are probably 
Ibrahim and ’All or Wall, there evidently were foreigners in high command at this 
time. No mention is made of fire-arms in these operations, but immediately after¬ 
wards there is, in the account of the attack on Bassein. 
