Burmese–Siamese War (1809–1812)

Burmese–Siamese War (1809–1812)
	Part of the Burmese–Siamese wars
	; Map showing the army routes.; Green represents Burmese army routes.; Red represents Siamese and Kedah army routes.
Date	June 1809 – January 1812
Location	Junk Ceylon (Phuket), Southern Siam
Result	Siamese and Kedahan victory; Phuket and many other Southern Siamese towns depopulated for several decades
Belligerents
Konbaung dynasty (Burma)	Rattanakosin Kingdom (Siam) ; Kedah
Commanders and leaders
Bodawpaya ; Atwinwun ; Nga Chan; Thuriya Thaya Kyaw; Nga U; Thinka Thuriya; Sibo Wun; Toya Bo; Zeya Thuriya Kyaw (POW)	Rama II ; Prince Maha Senanurak; Chaophraya Yommaraj Noi; Chaophraya Nakhon Phat; Phraya Chasaenyakorn Bua; Phraya Thalang Thien (POW); Sultan Tajjudin; Laksamana
Units involved
Royal Burmese Army; Royal Burmese Navy	Royal Siamese Army; Royal Siamese Navy; Kedah Army
Strength
October 1809 ; 30,000 men; 60 war boats; 200 swivel guns May 1810 ; 6,000 men December 1811 ; 5,000 men	18 November 1809 ; Reinforcements including: 6,000 men; 0 war boats May 1810 ; Unknown December 1811 ; 10,000 men
Casualties and losses
+4,110 men; 20 war boats	Unknown

The Burmese–Siamese War (1809–1812) or the Burmese Invasion of Thalang was an armed conflict fought between Burma under Konbaung dynasty and Siam under the Chakri dynasty, during the period of June 1809 and January 1812. The war centered on the control of the Phuket Island, also known as Thalang or Junk Ceylon, and the tin rich Andaman Coast. The war also involved the Kedah Sultanate. This occasion was the last Burmese offensive expedition into Siamese territories in Thai history, with British acquisition of the Tenasserim Coast in 1826, following the First Anglo-Burmese War, removing several hundred miles of the existing land border between Siam and Burma. The war also left Phuket devastated and depopulated for many decades until its reemergence as a Tin mining center in the late 19th century.

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