Episode 2 of 5
Escape from the Fall of Ayutthaya
- When
- 3 January 1767
- Where
- Ayutthaya
Taksin broke out of Ayutthaya in January 1767 with 500 followers, months before the city fell to the Burmese.
On 3 January 1767, three months before the fall of Ayutthaya, Taksin made his way out of the city at the head of 500 followers to Rayong on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand. Thai and Chinese sources describe him, then lord of Tak, breaking the Burmese siege and leading his troops toward Chanthaburi. Ayutthaya itself fell to the Burmese on 7 April 1767.
Sources
- Taksin Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-17
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