battle, early modern

Battle of Goteik Gorge

Name: Battle of Goteik Gorge
Location: Myanmar

Battle of Goteik Gorge was a battle fought in December 1767 in what is now Myanmar. It was part of the Sino-Burmese War, which ran from 1765 to 1769. The recorded result: Qing victory. Recorded strength: ~15,000 against ~7,000–8,000.

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FoughtDecember 1767

WhereMyanmar22.617N, 97.283E

OutcomeQing victory

BelligerentsQing EmpireagainstKonbaung Dynasty

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Part ofSino-Burmese War1765 to 1769

Record

Date	December 1767 (month precision)
Place	Myanmar 22.617N, 97.283E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	~15,000	~7,000–8,000
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown
Commanders	Mingrui	Maha Sithu

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan 1943, 28 km NW
Battle of Maymyo 1768, 106 km SW
Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road 1942, 182 km S
Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay 1945, 243 km SW
Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations 1945, 270 km SW

Elsewhere in 1767

Battle of Goteik Gorge is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 34 in present-day Myanmar.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871131, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Goteik Gorge, revision 1370110983, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.