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In the 1880s British concerns were raised by contacts between the Burmese and the [[French]] whose colonial expansion in Indo-China had reached the Burmese border. When a British company was fined by the Burmese for contraventions of its teak extraction contract, the British demanded arbitration and, when that was refused, issued an ultimatum which would have reduced Burma to a vassal state. When this was not accepted on 9 November 1885 an invasion force under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_North_Dalrymple_Prendergast Maj-Gen Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast] was sent up the Irrawaddy. By 26 November the envoys from King Thibaw offered to surrender. Thibaw was taken into exile in India and the British annexed the remainder of Burma on 1 January 1886. Increasing numbers of troops were required to counter the resistance campaign which continued into 1889.Unrest continued in the northern tribal areas. See [[Chin Lushai Expedition]] 1889, [[Chin Hills Expedition]] 1892, [[Kachin Hills Expedition 1892-93]] 1892 & [[Kachin Hills Expedition 1895-96]]1895.