ABSTRACT
Alompra son at once entered, and took possession of the city in his father’s name. Alompra himself came down and stayed three months in Ava, and then went up the river to make sure of the allegiance of the Shan chiefs. Alompra himself took command of the Burmese troops on the occasion, but he was of very different mettle from the royalties at Pegu, and the Talaing army seems to have become panic-stricken at the very thought of encountering him in person. All Alompra had done was to subdue the riverine towns from Prome downwards, and Burmese detachment had taken Bassein and burnt it. Alompra’s rise had been too sudden to inspire confidence, but it is said that at first the French were inclined to side with the Talaings, while the English leaned to the side of the Burmese. Early in 1756, Alompra returned to Rangoon, and at once took in hand the conquest of Syriam from the Talaings.
