Tha Din Daeng campaign
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| Tha Din Daeng campaign | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Kanchanaburi Province | |
| Result | Siamese Victory |
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Rama I Maha Sura SinghanatThe Tha Din Daeng campaign (
Military Campaigns
Prelude
After many defeats in early 1786, King Bodawpaya retreated to Martaban. However, he retained some of his forces on the Tenasserim Coast waiting for the new campaigns. The traditional wars were usually conducted in dry season as the lands in the rainy season were swampy and ravaged with disease, making it unsuitable for marching and encampment. King Bodawpaya ordered the Burmese forces at Tavoy to retreat to Martaban under the command of Minhla Sithu, while Maha Thiri Thihathu was ordered to retreat from Mergui to Tavoy. The king then marched back to Dagon where he worshipped the famous Shwedagon Pagoda[1] and returned to Ava. The Burmese armies stationed at Martaban and Tavoy, waiting for the rainy season to be over to conduct new invasions of Siam.
In September 1786, King Bodawpaya resumed his Siamese campaigns. He sent his eldest son and heir, Prince Thado Minsaw or Prince Nanda Kyawdin (known in Thai sources as Einshe Maha Uparaja) to Martaban to organize the new invasion of Siam.
Preparations
Prince Nanda Kyawdin or Einshe Uparaja took the lead of the army of 50,000 men at
Emboldened by their successes earlier in the year, the Siamese were much more confident in their responses to the Burmese invasion. Both King Rama I and his brother Prince Maha Sura Singhanat marched to meet the Burmese at Kanchanaburi.
- Prince Maha Sura Singhanat, along with his two generals Phraya Kalahom Ratchasena and Phraya Chasaenyakorn and Chao Phraya Rattanapipit the Samuha Nayok, marched ahead the army of 30,000 men.
- King Rama I himself and his nephew Prince Anurak Devesh of the Rear Palace led the royal army of 30,000 men.
The Battle (March 1787)
The Burmese armies entered
After long marches, the two sides finally met at Tha Din Daeng and Samsop in March 1787. The fighting was very short and Minhla Sithu was quickly defeated, again for the second time. This short war was called “Tha Din Daeng campaign”. Minhla Sithu retreated back to Payathonzu. Prince Nanda Kyawdin, upon seeing the defeat of Minhla Sithu, also retreated back to Martaban. The Siamese forces burnt all the Burmese grain supplies in Kanchanaburi
The campaign is commemorated by a park established by the Royal Thai Army 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the town of Kanchanaburi.[2]
See also
- Burmese–Siamese War (1785–86)
- Burmese–Siamese wars
- Burma–Thailand relations
References
- ^ a b Phraison Salarak (Thien Subindu), Luang (July 25, 1919). Intercourse between Burma and Siam as recorded in Hmannan Yazawindawgyi. Bangkok.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "The Nine-Army Battle Historical Park". Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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