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been made Siam to the cession of
protest having by
and in 1800 Province on the main-
Penang, Wellesley,
land, was likewise ceded by the Sultan of Kedah, again
without protest from Siam.
The lease of Penang was a very one-sided bargain.
The Sultan of Kedah in a
expected, return, Treaty guar-
anteeing his independence, but the East India Company
declined to bind themselves in
any way.
In 1786 another Burmese invasion of Siam was re-
after a severe battle in the Kanburi district.
pulsed,
In 1787 the Burmese, who still held Chiengsen and
Chiengrai, attacked Lampang and Pasang (then the
of Prince who had not established
capital Kawila, yet
himself at Chiengmai) but were defeated by the Laos,
assisted by an army under the Maha Uparat of Siam.
In and attacked
1787 die Siamese took the offensive,
Tavoy, but failed to take it. The Governor of Tavoy,
however, rebelled against the King of Burma in 1791,
and threw in his lot with Siam. This led to another war
in On this occasion the Siamese to
1793. attempted
invade Burma, but without much success, and Tavoy
was recaptured by the Burmese. It has not formed a
of the Siamese dominions since that time.
part
In 1797 the Burmese made another attack on the Lao
Provinces. reached which had been
They Chiengmai,
re-established by Prince Kawila as his capital in 1796,
but were driven back to In 1 802 the Burmese
Chiengsen.
were at last from their last
expelled Chiengsen, remaining
in northern Siam. was
stronghold Chiengsen depop-
ulated and reduced to ruins, and has never since recovered
its former
important position.
During the reign of King Rama I, Siamese control
over
Luang P'rabang and Cambodia was more or less
acknowledged.