 The British then increased their forces and Mayanchaung Pongyi was forced to retreat into the hills of Toungoo.Eventually, he was captured on 10 March 1886 and publicly hanged in front of Kyaikto police station.The Limbin Confederacy, a union of Shan Sawbas and Myosas, had its origins before British annexation of Upper Burma when the Shan States refused to submit under the authority of King Thibaw, plotting to replace him with another suzerain who would repeal the Thathameda tax.