by the aidcof arms^-procured’ from,European^,trading ifco-their ports, and
with j;he assistance -of .some renegade D utch and native Ppr.tugueseVJgained
several;victories-,oyer the Birmans,, in the yearsJLTpjQ,. and .1,7.51. These advantages
they pursued with so much vigbur} th a t,e a rly -in,the year;,l<7.t$,
the-capital of Ava was invested. The Birmans, dishear.6en§dsb'y .repeated
defeats, after a short siege, surrendered'at discretion. Dweepdee, thpjast
of -g, long, line _of Birman ^ g s , was made prisoner .with ali^ihis family,
except two sons, who effected their escape .to .the Siamese ;> frcgn whchn
.they found -a friendly reception', and were flattered with -assurances of.
security and supcour..- *
Bonna Deflator Beinga Della, king ofRegue, whep.h^had^ompXefled
|h e cc®c[uest: of Av% returned tp Ids ;Owh country, de&n^ji§i>brp.th§r
Apporaza dOrgaYern tfes fate capital of the Birman king,-w|§&hejGarried
.with him a prisoner to Poguej ,enjoining.his brother tQ reduce rthp-iefradt^ly;
displace suspiKtcd persons, and exact an oath ol allegiance from such
Birmans as should be suffered to retain their former possessions.
Matters at first bore the appearance-of tranquillity and submission:
the land-holders and principal inhabitants of the c.ountry around Ava,
acknowledged themselves vassals.of the conqueror, and accfejated;the .prescribed
oath. Alompra, a Bit man of. low extraction, then known by tile
humble name of Aumdzea,* was continued b) the conqueror In the chief-
ship of Monchaboo, at that time an inconsiderable village, about 12, miles
from the river, west of Keoum-meoum. This man, who possessed a spirit
of enterprise and boldness equal to the most arduous underlakinl'a; at first,
like many others, dissembled the reluctance he felt at th e . imposition of a
foreign yoke, and submitted to. the necessity of fortune; but, unlike others,
Signifying huntsman.
feu Jail >oui cjMiopeS rfiem^minatior^^and meditated on the best means
nf mnpj^islnri^hi-sflntutc jp ly-pcpe j4 ,
- Soon^tprUhe g ^ u g km g ;h td ^ q h Ijcd-iu^^tpi^al.die taused a general
pi ‘Jfljuqujon pjfljLhwiecJ,, in terpsg
aaUons-ojfShe -b a r^ tA a t. the BirnUa k jn gr.wgs jbeeome^hatpvis©nfcp;,(that
the" Birmg^j counferv.M^m ^ iib d u e i 1 -bv$dtk»ipyjwqfsieol his,amis»,,was
ppnexed," to iIj'ej JjegUeVi finnan In „.rauLth&t the
« it' ofiljejmcm is tua fqa jiA tt)Ji^ sjd b h e tl avlhi .ge-aaraj qnetropojis. ,Thas
,proGlania4iqn,.a's e\lici t.aff me tLe AhtkHiahqLici^^f ifiq. Humans,
and sBl^^IatgtlScltcjiijslu-’i x . e ' a . t a . f u s ’r nre’. in ;iW
lOMU fli d JJUphJjiilllho/Kfiqf ljlkyiu h ibooq.K'KAlA.miUoll,!», i-,. mi
RBfflftaSe»aiid ffdel-iM»fle' c g u ld .|^ ^ A l ty :^ i- a ^ j^ e rio jb g rjs.d ejd
thd^toCkade, thp toy;n *» M qA .awakifa. ■uiv^usTui.irjii.tm
iffife^ihdsigifthe.PqgBejf,;wbQ;m VMRicbj^mkth u sUqrlso ^ tg a jd iW flm
^^rmld^ittpmpi an aot pi ijdti^ljijiiL lunfii tbcjghqch 11 feylMiql OJ V*. g o a t s ■
distant-^mydi 5 ^ a g u e « ||^ b ^ ,la ^t!^fcmq^aissM||^''^^em0mri^te^:gfe;
and occupied b d b e Ican^hJy cnf^iC^in d lest »fea.Yi^dJ^eejxlehlsbwjM,
return RCsscssJoiiiVwfidm(i^d?tbtoiirtL-(riiiiieL j p
-„Thus, resting in*f|piagirj<n > jsccu^ny.t tlietjc gtai,qjpwi.Mm& i fepn upj^egup
soldiers in- Monchaboo,: who, on all occasions, treated tb e Birm a ns with
contemptuous arrogance. Alompra, availing himself of the resentment
excited by some particular act of indignity, roused his already well prepared
adherents to active resistance, and attacking the Peguers with irresistible
violence, put every man of Lliat nation to the sword ;4
■ Almost all towns, and even villages, in the Bii man country, are surrounded by a,stockade, '
in like manner as the villages in the Carnatic are inclosed by a bound.hedge : the Birman;
are very expert in crecting.this kind Of.defence. . :