54 Sir Arthur P. Phayre —-On the History of P eg it. [No. 1, 
was promoted. The king of Pegu now repaired the defences of his prin¬ 
cipal towns and cities. 
When the rainy season had passed, a Burmese force once more came 
down by land and water. It consisted of not less than 100,000 men, 300 
elephants, and 3000 horses. The king of Arakan who had been placed 
on the throne of that country by Meng Khlung, appeared as commander 
of one of the divisions. The Prince Meng-re-kyau-tswa, who was Com- 
mander-in-Chief, proceeded down the Bassein River and took Khe-baung 
by storm, in the month Tabodwe, 775 (A.D., 1113). The Tailings, how¬ 
ever, determined to hold out in every place, and one of the king’s sons 
had his head-quarters at Pan-go. Their superiority in boats enabled them 
to intercept the communications of the Burmese, and to cut off their 
supplies. The king of Taung-u marched down with a force to create a 
diversion, but was met and checked on the frontier. The prince of Ava, 
though long inactive at Khe-baung, at length left it and proceeded towards 
Pan-go. The Tailings dared not attack him. He fought an action part¬ 
ly on land and water, and defeated the Tailing army, taking prisoner 
Tha-min pa-rln. The prince then proceeded to attack Bassein, but after 
losing many of his men, was obliged to retire. He proceeded next to 
Myoung-mya hoping to take it, but failed. He then went up to Ava 
taking with him many prisoners of importance, whom he presented to his 
father. He then married, and brought his wife Sheng-meng-hli down to 
Pegu. He at once proceeded to attack X)ala. He did not succeed, but 
the stars according to the astrologers were so adverse to Pegu, that 
Rldzldirit retired with all his family to Muttaml. The Burmese prince 
hearing that the Tailing general Amat-din had left Bassein, suddenly 
appeared before that city, the governor of which surrendered. Indians 
and Europeans are mentioned as being in the garrison. The prince then 
went to Myoung-mya, which also surrendered, and having built some 
decked boats proceeded to attack Than-lyeng. It was defended by Binya- 
ran, a son of the king’s, and the attack failed. The prince then returned 
to the entrenched position he had established not far from Dala, and closely 
invested the Tailing force there. At this time, the king of Ava was at¬ 
tacked by a Chinese army, and the dispute was settled by a duel between 
a Chinese champion and the Tailing officer Thaminparan who had been 
taken prisoner, as already related. # Ilala was gallantly defended by the 
Talaings, though they were starving. The king of Pegu recovering from 
his alarm returned to his capital and determined to relieve Dala. As he 
approached, the Burmese prince drew off his force, and the king sending 
a few men into the city, followed the prince’s army. Several days of 
skirmishing occurred, and at length when the Burmese head-quarters were 
# See History of Burma, Jour. A. Soc. Bengal, Yol. XXXVIII. for 186.9. 
