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capital in the northern part of the kingdom. The Tailing army march' 
ed there, the Arakanese Prince accompanying it. Kamaru fled from the 
capital, but he was taken prisoner with his wife and family, and sent to 
Bassein, where Radzadirit still was. As his father-in-law had broken the 
treaty without cause, he was put to death, and his wife, the daughter of 
the king of Ava, was made one of the queens. Prince Na-ra-mit-hla was 
placed on the throne of Arakan, and the Tailing army returned. 
During these transactions Meng Khaung had been employed in put¬ 
ting down a rebellion among the Shans of Bamau and other states. 
When he heard that his son-in-law and daughter were prisoners, he assem¬ 
bled an army, chiefly Shans from Kale and Monyin, and moved on Pegu. 
He marched by the Ra-me-tlien route, and thence down the valley of the 
Paung-llung. Radzadirit collected an army to meet the enemy at the 
frontier of his kingdom. The Tailings met with a defeat, and were forced 
to abandon a fortified post at Tha-kyin, where they had much rice stored. 
Radzadirit retreated to Pan-gyan. The Burmans as they advanced burnt 
all the villages, and the Tailings harassed the enemy by cutting off his 
foraging parties. When the seat of war reached the low country where 
the tides prevail, the Shans unaccustomed to them became bewildered, and 
a large body of them being inveigled on to a sand bank in the river, was 
suddenly overwhelmed in the rising water. This success, and reinforce- 
ments which reached Radzadirit from Bassein, encouraged the Tailings, 
and the Shan army began to suffer from the want of supplies. King Meng 
Khaung, by the advice of his officers, thought it prudent to negociate. 
He, therefore, wrote a letter adverting to his daughter being with Radzadirit, 
and proposing that his son should marry a daughter of the latter. But 
the king of Pegu knew that the Burmese army was in distress, he there¬ 
fore returned a rough answer. Several messages passed, and a personal 
meeting was agreed to. The king of Pegu had determined to seize liis 
enemy, and Meng Khaung at the last moment, suspecting treachery, turn¬ 
ed hack. La-gwun-in, a Tailing officer, now undertook to capture the king 
of Burma. By a sudden night attack he penetrated to the tent of 
the king, and even possessed himself of the royal sword and pan box. 
Meng Khlung escaped by an accident, and now being thoroughly alarm¬ 
ed commenced a retreat. He was followed to the frontier by the Tailing 
army, after which Radzadirit returned to his capital in triumph. But 
though thus successful, he deemed it expedient to enter into an alliance 
with the king of Ava. He, therefore, sent him a letter full of friendly 
words with presents, and asked for his sister in marriage. After some 
delay this was agreed to. The princess Wimala Devi went down the 
river in a royal boat, and was received by Radzadirit at Ta-kun (Rangun), 
where the marriage was solemnized. But this alliance was of no avail to 
