This is a list of orders of battle for the 1410–1412 campaigns of the Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1408–1418). Aside from the initial battles in the Irrawaddy delta in late 1410–early 1411, the rest of the battles in this phase of the war were fought in Arakan.

Background Sources The orders of battles for Ava in this article are sourced from the main royal chronicles—the Maha Yazawin, the Yazawin Thit and the Hmannan Yazawin, which primarily narrate the war from the Ava side. The orders of battle for Hanthawaddy Pegu are mainly sourced from Nai Pan Hla's version of the Razadarit Ayedawbon, which has incorporated narratives of the Pak Lat Chronicles. The Rakhine Razawin Thit, which narrates from the Arakanese perspective, says almost nothing about the campaigns except that it was Min Khayi that was allied with the Hanthawaddy forces,Sandamala Linkara Vol. 2 1999: 10 not Min Saw Mon as reported in the main chronicles and in the Razadarit.

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.See (Harvey 1925: 333–335)'s "Numerical Note". (Lieberman 2014: 98) writing on the First Toungoo period concurs: "Military mobilizations were probably more of a boast than a realistic estimate. Modern industrial states have difficulty placing 10% of their people under arms."

Ava invasion of the Irrawaddy delta (c. November 1410) Ava Unit Commander Strength Reference(s) Royal Ava Armed Forces Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa 14,000 troops, 600 cavalry, 40 elephants, 7 war ships, 90 war boats, 20 transport boats, 30 supply boats Army 7 regiments (7,000 troops, 600 cavalry, 40 elephants) Toungoo Regiment Letya Zeya Thingyan of Toungoo Prome Regiment Letya Pyanchi of Prome Salin Regiment Nawrahta of Salin Badon Regiment Thado Theinkhathu of Badon Pakhan Regiment Tarabya I of Pakhan Onbaung Regiment Tho Kyaung Bwa of Onbaung Nyaungshwe Regiment Htaw Hmaing Gyi of Nyaungshwe Navy 8 regiments (7000 troops, 7 war ships, 70 war boats, 20 armored war boats, 20 transport boats, 30 supply boats) Including: Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 28–29Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 237–238Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 5–6

Hanthawaddy Pegu The following is a list of Hanthawaddy's defenses in the delta.

Unit Commander Strength Reference(s) Western Hanthawaddy Command Byat Za Pan Hla 2005: 272–273 Khebaung Regiment Smin Than-Kye Bassein Regiment and Navy Dein Mani-Yut Myaungmya Regiment and Navy Byat Za

Battle of Launggyet (c. early 1411) Ava After withdrawing from the Irrawaddy delta back to Prome, Minye Kyawswa reconstituted his forces by transferring infantry regiments from the navy into the army for the purpose of invading Arakan. The rest of the naval forces went back to Ava. While the royal chronicles do not provide the exact strength figures for the reconstituted army, their narratives suggest that the bulk of the original 14,000-strong invasion force was still intact.

Unit Commander Strength Reference(s) Ava Arakan Expeditionary Force Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa 10,000+ troops Regimental commanders included:

Arakan Unit Commander Strength Reference(s) Royal Arakan Armed Forces King Min Saw Mon ?

Battle of Sandoway (c. mid 1411) Hanthawaddy Unit Commander Strength Reference(s) Hanthawaddy Arakan Expeditionary Force Smin Bya Paik (or Byat-Hat-Baik) 5000 troops, 200 cavalry, 50 elephants 1st Division Smin Bya Paik 2nd Division Smin E-Kaung-Pein

Ava Unit Commander Strength Reference(s) Sandoway Regiment Sokkate ?

Battle of Sandoway (c. late 1411–early 1412)

Ava Unit Commander Strength Reference(s) Ava Arakan Expeditionary Force Minye Kyawswa 7 regiments (8000 troops, 300 cavalry, 30 elephants)

Hanthawaddy Unit Commander Strength Reference(s) Hanthawaddy Arakan Expeditionary Force Smin Bya Paik ? 1st Division Smin Bya Paik 2nd Division Smin E-Kaung-Pein

Battle of Launggyet (c. April 1412)

Hanthawaddy Unit Commander Strength Reference(s) Hanthawaddy Arakan Expeditionary Force Smin Bya Paik ? 1st Division Smin Bya Paik 2nd Division Smin E-Kaung-Pein

Ava Unit Commander Strength Reference(s) Launggyet Corps Letya Zeya Thingyan of Toungoo Pan Hla 2005: 276 1st Division Letya Zeya Thingyan of Toungoo 2nd Division Sokkate

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