...::: ဗမာ့ပုံရိပ် ဗမာ့ရုပ်လွှာ :::...

၁၈၈၅ နိုဝင်ဘာလ ၂၇ ရက်တွင် အင်း​ဝခံတပ်ရှိ ဗိုလ်မှုး​ ကင်း​အတွင်း​ဝန် ​ခေါင်း​ဆောင်​သော မြန်မာတပ်​များ​ကို အင်္ဂလိပ်တို့​ ဝိုင်း​ဝန်း​ တိုက်ခိုက်ရန် ပြင်ဆင်​နေစဉ် ​နေပြည်​တော်မှ အမိန့်​အရ မြန်မာတပ်များ​ လက်နက်ချလိုက်ရသည်။

“On the previous day the Expedition was met by a deputation from the King, which came down from Mandalay in a war canoe, requesting an armistice as His Majesty was not quite prepared to receive visitors. General Prendergast’s reply was that no terms could be listened to but the unconditional surrender of the King and his army, and that unless he received that by a certain hour on the following morning he should advance on Ava and bombard it. Next morning the deputation returned, and informed the General that the King had agreed to these terms, and that his army would deliver up their arms at Ava. The fleet then moved on to that place; some of the men landed, and the Woon or Minister went through the form (for it was little more) of delivering over the arms to Col. Sladen. A motly collection of arms was certainly produced, consisting of rifles, muskets, dhars, i.e., swords and spears, Col. Sladen, and the Woon with his golden umbrella, standing in the midst, as shewn in the picture, but the number handed over was but a fraction of those really in possession of the Burmese, as we have since found to our cost.”