Alompra, after this act'>óf open, #61361110% still dissembling his real
intention,' and .with a view to gain time{ wrote to AppprSzam terms of
the utmost humility, ie ^ ^ s i ^ r p .t i c h , contrition for,_what- had;;happenfid,
TepresentingJrt 'as ajsüddeh gust o f intemperate -valence; arising from
miutifaI^i<te:^i^M at the saEf§.e*time, lavishly ‘professing his aft'a’chment*
ih d fid e lity ^ the Pegue. government. The$e „assurances, though they
could not be expected to procure an unconditional pardon; ty|t^hadithe
desired effect, of rendering the Pegue-governor less alert in preparation to’
reduce him; and so far was Alompra frpmbeing considered in a formidable
point of'view, that Apporaza,-having urgent'business-at P ^ e /A e ftA w a -
undo- the government of. his nephew,-Dotachew, with directionsito keep
Alompra mstrict confinement, assoori.as he should*fe|brou§ftfrom Mom
-chahoo; to which place a force, that was thought equal tq/tpc slrwiceV’had
been detached, on hearing o f the massacre of the Peguers.
Approaching the fort of Monchaboo, the Peguers expe'cte^||pthing less'
than resistance, and had come ill armed and equipped fit»*encountering
opposition; but they found the gates of the stockade shut against, themr
a»4 heard threats óf defiance, instead of supplications -fop clemency
Afompra did not ^ v è them leisure to re^ver'from their surprise. Apday-
break the next morning he sallied forth at the head o f his hundred adherents,
and attacking the Peguers furiously _with spears and swords, routed
and pursued them for two miles. After this exploit he returned to his
litde -fortress, and lost no time in preparing for a yet more' hazardous
contest; he represented to his people, that they must now resolve to
conquer or perish; and he invited the Birmans of neighbouring towns
to enrol themselves under his standard. Some obeyed the summons, but
many were cautious of embracing his yet desperate fortune. In this
aft ill. ihc? numbVb’o sJ ifofc estimated a# cue
thou'iàfids^î
Nerfs* o P I tp ld îlioe b ^aohîrigîDotàchew at ' hb ’seems > to-, hâve
itfi1 tlîe ’hiôVObfflineahld^icsrïlTSti&^J,^undecfded’i1 what measure
to ■a3bpty<iw g tl% cfi'/iiKpci sôk ?a1^Éhef'h ^ il^ 6 i)lià ,'erbépsf which
dicF ic t' bx'eced' thVee^'tlraiKm'd.1-’v\ jif ■ until’* a^feh&Jfcemeàtîllo u ld ar-
mêfidr retréàî^ÿ'Prûm’é ls^ ip îilsl he was thu dl fiber a f a ig ^ u ^ its !« u e
Æul)’’ietem.d* «fi somd Ætglssioib^» thu'foi&eiol the«'at Ütoift>ircr.»whuffs
ffibiigK>ift'patt trife,Jwdfe gréât)/, c^i^gcfhtîdllîy thè atiCfel!ronstcrnaiion
that p%yaileWliffe^fmlt t h é f m ^ iâieî&ÿeïïi^m
the state of his mtucsts «rev e t) quartei ; aud detei mined, byfadVaricing.''
boMÎy%0^Wâfit%strike e.blbw^qlbte^t he feaf^o£vfcei^omyrhad
subsided, add without givingtirala&to'iecdlifliH'nfjnieroï.sidetatliîiiuifs of
Peguers'that were shattered over blie i/o^hEburing- fvduiacts'' . 1'he prudence
and promptitude of this measure met with all the 'succèsVàéÀ’eriù'ècï ;
Dotachew’, when he heard of’ Aforrip'ra si «intention, 1 & d from Av4/-whilst
the Birmans’ in that city rose en the few-'IPegüerk thattcitheifci^ild not,,
or d id not chobfe'jio accompany theirl leader;? ^kfoJfJ^hoii|lrhè^’p ü l'ira l
death. Alompra, finding-that Dotachew had* retreated, altered* his first
resolution of proceeding* in p e h o n tq-Ava^ and« rèmaihed at'Monchaboo,
Sending his second sort, SKèrnbuan, to take possession'ofltjle - cntyyïfancl
garrison the fort.
These events appear to have taken place about theiadtùirrn.' of-thexyear
1753 : Dotachew did h^t'Thalt' until* hëVe’aèhdd Pdgue- Mfphe. misfortuhés
of the Peguers in the remote provinces alarmed Beinga Della» thdi^pfig,
for the safety of his own territories; anckpaftrciilarfy for the northern1 towns
and districts of Prome, Keounzeik, Tambouterra, kc. .where the Birmans
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