Orders of battle for the Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1408–1410)



This is a list of orders of battle for the 1408–1410 campaigns of the Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1408–1418).

Adjustment of strength figures
The military strength figures in this article have been reduced by an order of magnitude from those reported in the chronicles, following G.E. Harvey's and Victor Lieberman's analyses of Burmese chronicles' military strength figures in general.

Invasion armies
The combined strength of the invasion armies was 24,000 to 26,000 troops, 2200 cavalry, and 100 elephants.

Defensive armies
The Capital Defense Corps was in charge of defending the Ava capital region. The Prome Defense Corps consisted of 12 battalions from the nearby regions, and were responsible for safeguarding Prome itself as well as the supply lines to the front.

Hanthawaddy Pegu
The following lists the order of battle of the remaining Hanthawaddy army in the home country. Note that the regimental commanders are as those reported in the three main chronicles;  the Razadarit does not provide a commander list. At least two notable differences in reporting exist: • The main chronicles list Smin Maw-Khwin, one of the two commanders of the Arakan Expeditionary Strike Force, as one of the commanders in the main Hanthawaddy army. This means he had gotten back from Arakan. However, according to the Rakhine Razawin Thit, Maw-Khwin remained in Launggyet (until he was driven back by an Ava army later in the year).

• The main chronicles say Smin Ye-Thin-Yan was one of the commanders of the opposing army while the Razadarit says he was in charge of the Capital Defense Corps in Pegu. Both narratives are not mutually exclusive: Ye-Thin-Yan's regiment may have stayed behind to guard the capital.

Hanthawaddy Pegu
The following is the orders of battle of the two Hanthawaddy armies as reported in the main chronicles; the first army's job was to pursue Minkhaung's main army while that of the second army was to pursue the Ava Rearguard Army. However, the Razadarit Ayedawbon does not mention a second army (organized under a single commander), and says Smin Ye-Thin-Yan remained in charge of the Capital Defense Corps at Pegu.

Ava invasion of Arakan (1408–1409)
According to the Rakhine Razawin Thit chronicle, Ava forces led by the lord of Myinsaing drove out the combined Hanthawaddy and Launggyet forces. However, a new Hanthawaddy force returned, and drove out the Ava army out of Launggyet. An Ava regiment remained in Arakan at Nga-Khway-Thaung Taung for another three years, until it too was driven out by another Hanthawaddy army.