King Bagyidaw orders a near complete withdrawal…
October 1824 CE
In August, in the midst of monsoon season, Bandula and his army had crossed the Arakan Yoma.
Moving tens of thousands of men over the three thousand-foot-high Arakan hills, or ten thousand-foot-high Assamese ranges, heavily forested with only narrow footpaths and open to attack by tigers and leopards, would be difficult even in mild weather conditions.
To do this at the height of the drenching monsoon season was a particularly difficult task.
Yet Bandula (from Arakan) and Uzana (from Assam), in a testament to their generalship and logistical skills, managed to do just that.
The King grants both Bandula and Uzana the title Agga Maha Thenapati, the highest possible military rank.
Bandula is also made the governor of Sittaung.
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Rakhine (Arakanese) people
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Ahom Kingdom (Kingdom of Assam)
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East India Company, British (United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies)
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Myanmar (Burma), (Alaungpaya, or Konbaung dynasty) Kingdom of
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India, East India Company rule in
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Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
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France, constitutional monarchy of
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