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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BAR-BEC |
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BATTAMBANG, or BATTAMBONG (locally Phratabong) , the chief
Cambodia
capital of Monton Kmer, i.e. " The Cambodian Division," one of the eastern provinces of Siam, now included in the French protectorate of Cambodia
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Battambang was taken by the Siamese when they overran the kingdom of Cambodia towards the end of the 18th century, and was recognized by the French as belonging to Siam When the frontier of Cambodia was adjusted by treaty in 1867-1872. In another treaty in 1893, Siam bound herself to maintain no armed forces there other than police, but this arrangement was annulled by the treaty of 1904, by which Battambang was definitely admitted to lie within the French sphere of influence. Under a further treaty in March
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