The British, concerned with the success of…
1756 CE
Alaungpaya offers to cede the island to England in return for military help.
He even ignores the fact that the British Company ship, the Arcot, had opportunistically sold arms to the Hanthawaddy forces, and fired on his troops in 1755 during the battle of Syriam.
No military help materializes, however: the British claim they cannot spare any arms because they too are engaged in their own bitter Seven Years' War against the French.
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