 The British then mounted a military offensive in three successive expeditions in the years 1888–89 with a column of 51 rifles of the Hampshire Regiment, 320 of the Mogaung Levy and two mountain guns under Captain O’Donnell.The British then occupied Kamaing on 11 January 1889, then Sama and finally Muklon.The resistance movement of U Po Saw was finally routed by 1889 with the Kachins offering stiff resistance throughout.