Phan Reuang
is one of the
eleven
heroic leaders who in 1767 fought the
invading Burmese in defence of the
Bang Rajan
camp in
Singburi
(fig.).
Trying to dispel the Burmese invaders, he collected the villagers' brass
and copper to cast a cannon, and had enough metal to cast two guns.
However, they weren't skillfully made and misfired, alerting the enemy,
and in his subsequent attempt to flee, he was killed.
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