The Japanese briefly recaptured Toungoo once 5th Division had passed through, but the Indian 19th Division, which was following up the leading units of IV Corps, captured the town again and slowly drove the Japanese back towards Mawchi to the east.
Toungoo forces reached environs of Launggyet, the former capital not far from Mrauk-U, on 24 January 1547 (2nd waxing of Tabodwe 908 ME).
Taungdwingyi, Yamethin, Pinle, and above all Toungoo, under princes of much the same standing as himself went their own way and treated him as best a senior.