Bangkaeo Campaign
| Bangkaeo Campaign | |||||||
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| Part of the Burmese–Siamese wars | |||||||
Painting depicting the Battle of Bangkaeo from the Old Thonburi Palace | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Konbaung dynasty (Burma) | Thonburi Kingdom (Siam) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Hsinbyushin Maha Thiha Thura Minye Yannaung Satpagyon Bo Uttama Thinka Kyaw Nemyo Minhla Nawrata |
Taksin Prince Chui Prince Rammalak Chaophraya Chakri Chaophraya Surasi Chaophraya Nakhonsawan Phraya Yommaraj Mat Phraya Ramanwong Madawt | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Royal Burmese Army | Royal Siamese Army | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 6,000 | 20,000 | ||||||
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Bangkaeo Campaign or the Battle of Bangkaeo was a military conflict between Burma under the Konbaung dynasty and the Siamese Thonburi Kingdom under King Taksin in February–April 1775, in which Maha Thiha Thura, the Burmese commander, sent an expeditionary force to invade Western Siam through the Three Pagodas Pass. The Burmese stationed at Bangkaeo in modern Ratchaburi Province. King Taksin ordered the Siamese armies to completely encircle the Burmese at Bangkaeo, resulting in the starvation and defeat of the Burmese at Bangkaeo.