siege, early modern

Siege of Kengtung

Name: Siege of Kengtung
Location: Myanmar

Siege of Kengtung was a siege conducted in 1765 in what is now Myanmar; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. The recorded result: Burmese tributary missions to the Qing resumed in 1788; Burmese withdrawal from Siam; Tactical Burmese victory; Treaty of Kaungton (1769).

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Fought1765ran into the following year

WhereMyanmar21.291N, 99.604E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeBurmese tributary missions to the Qing resumed in 1788; Burmese withdrawal from Siam; Tactical Burmese victory; Treaty of Kaungton (1769)

BelligerentsQing Dynasty; Co-belligerent: SiamagainstKonbaung dynasty

Record

Date	1765 (year precision) to 1766
Place	Myanmar 21.291N, 99.604E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	First campaign: 6,000; 3,500 Green Standard; Tai-Shan militias; Second campaign: 27,500; 14,000 Green Standard; Tai-Shan militias; Third campaign: 70,000; 30,000 bannermen and Mongols; 12,000 Green Standard; Tai-Shan militias; Fourth campaign: 60,000 (Htin Aung); 40,000 Bannermen; 20,000 Green Standard and Tai-Shan militias	First campaign: 2,500; Second campaign: 10,000; 4,500 foot, 200 horse (RBA)Shan national archer army(400); Kaungton garrison; Third campaign: ~32,000; Fourth campaign: (Burmese claim) 70,000
Commanders	Qianlong Emperor Mingrui Fuheng Arigūn Agui Ekkathat	Hsinbyushin Maha Thiha Thura Maha Sithu Ne Myo Sithu Balamindin Teingya Minkhaung

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road 1942, 272 km W
Battle of Goteik Gorge 1767, 281 km NW
Battle of Muong Khoua 1953, 302 km E
Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan 1943, 306 km NW
Battle of Maymyo 1768, 334 km W

Elsewhere in 1765

Larache expedition Morocco

Siege of Kengtung 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 Q106808515, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Kengtung (1765-1766), revision 1385293334, 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.