Regional1849 – 1855 · 6 years

Burmese–Siamese War (1849–1855)

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Kengtung (Chiang Tung) · Shan States · Northern Thailand · Burma

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Also called the Siamese Invasions of Kengtung, a series of Siamese and Lan Na expeditions against the Tai Khün state of Kengtung under Burmese suzerainty, aimed at gaining access to Chiang Hung (Sipsongpanna). Three invasions between 1850 and 1854 all failed, and the Siamese were driven back by 1855.

Belligerents2

Konbaung Burma and Kengtung
Rattanakosin Siam and Lan Na

Conflict graph

PART OFBurmese–Siamese wars

Sources

Wikipedia: Burmese–Siamese War (1849–1855)
Lieberman, Strange Parallels; standard Thai–Burmese historiography
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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