His second reign ended with his defeat at the hands of the invading Burmese army.

The two other Burmese armies also followed up, and the Chinese army was destroyed entirely.

After the failures, the Burmese armies switched to guerrilla warfare.

He died just a few weeks before the Burmese armies succeeded.

It was two days before the Siamese realized that the main Burmese army had left.

In the end Ayutthaya was taken and sacked by a Burmese army.

The combined Burmese armies totally destroyed the once 30,000-strong invasion army.

Knowing that the king was angry, the Burmese armies were afraid to return to the capital.

His forces built a wooden bridge across the river and engage the pursuing Burmese army as they follow.

The Burmese army have launched offensives against these camps in recent years following top level meetings between the two countries.