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Tha Din Daeng campaign | |||||||
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Part of the Burmese–Siamese War (1785–86) | |||||||
Battle in the Tha Din Daeng campaign, illustrated by Hem Vejakorn (c.1969) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Burmese Kingdom | Rattanakosin Kingdom (Siam) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Bodawpaya |
Rama I Maha Sura Singhanat | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
36,000 | 30,000 |
The Tha Din Daeng campaign (Thai: สงครามท่าดินแดง, RTGS: Songkhram Tha Din Daeng, literally 'Tha Din Daeng War') was a short conflict, occurring in 1786 in Tha Din Daeng, now in Kanchanaburi Province in western Thailand. The belligerents were King Bodawpaya of the Burmese Konbaung Dynasty, against Phraphutthayotfa Chulalok and Maha Sura Singhanat of the Rattanakosin Kingdom.