The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s4.55

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The Lao and Shan levies were allowed to return home, probably because the long absence was rendering them unreliable, and many of them were prisoners serving under compulsion. But there was no rest for the weary Burmans. If Ayuthia had not fallen when it did, the siege would have had to be abandoned, as royal despatches now came urgently recalling the armies to take their place in the line against the Chinese, whose attacks on Āva looked like breaking through; for the years 1765-69 saw a series of Chinese inroads.