You were the government, now; and you were a good government, and they would fight for you and, besides, as the officer was carried off from their village, it was their duty to help to get him back.
"One of them said, 'These men who attacked us are Burmese soldiers.
As they attack us, there is no reason why we should not attack them.' "So I think, master, that you can count upon them.

The Burmese have always been fond of fighting, because fighting means booty.

The troops don't want to fight any more, because they get no booty, and a number of them are killed.

But, now that the villagers have been forced to go to the war against their will; and have been plundered, and many killed, by Burmese soldiers, they are quite ready to take sides with you.

Three of them have had wives or children killed, today; and that makes them full of fight." "Well, you had better tell them to cook, at once, food for two or three days.