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==Notable participants==
==[[Victoria Cross]] winners==
Arthur Fitzgibbon, [[Hospital Apprentice]] of the Bengal Subordinate Medical Department, attached to the [[67th Regiment of Foot]], became the youngest winner of the [[Victoria Cross]], aged 15 years, 3 months. For more details, see [[Apothecaries]].
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Montresor_Rogers '''Lieut Robert Rogers'''] [[44th Regiment of Foot]]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McDougall_(VC) '''Private John McDougall'''] [[44th Regiment of Foot]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Henry_Lenon '''Lieut-Col Henry Lenon'''] [[67th Regiment of Foot]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Fitzgibbon '''Arthur Fitzgibbon'''], [[Hospital Apprentice]] of the Bengal Subordinate Medical Department, attached to the [[67th Regiment of Foot]], became the youngest winner of the Victoria Cross, aged 15 years 3 months. For more details see [[Apothecaries]]
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Opium Wars] Wikipedia <br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Opium Wars] Wikipedia <br>
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[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101013726/  Admiral Hope] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101013726/  Admiral Hope] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''


===Historical books online===
====Historical books online====
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=upRFAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA108&dq=Taku+Forts+1860&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=odKBSajUDJOUMd_3iPYO#PPA108,M1 ''The British  arms in North China and Japan''], David Field Rennie (1864) Google Books.  Chapter 12 - action at Taku Forts.
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=upRFAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA108&dq=Taku+Forts+1860&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=odKBSajUDJOUMd_3iPYO#PPA108,M1 ''The British  arms in North China and Japan''], David Field Rennie (1864) Google Books.  Chapter 12 - action at Taku Forts.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=EPtBAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA883 "Desultory Notes at Takoo. By an Officer of the Siege Train"], page 383 (but computer coded page 883) from ''Minutes of Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution Volume 2'' 1861 Google Books


[[Category:Battles|Taku Forts 1860, Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Taku Forts 1860, Battle of]]
[[Category:Second Campaign 1860|Taku Forts 1860, Battle of]]
[[Category:Second Campaign 1860|Taku Forts 1860, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd China War 1856-60|Taku Forts 1860, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd China War 1856-60|Taku Forts 1860, Battle of]]

Latest revision as of 16:27, 18 October 2011

Battle of Taku Forts 1860
Part of 2nd China War 1856-60
Date: 21 August 1860
Location: Tanggu,Tianjin, China
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 39.104607°N 117.24781°E
Result: Allied victory
Combatants
East India Company Chinese
Commanders
Rear Adm Sir James Hope
Gen Cousin-Montauban
Strength
Casualties

Victoria Cross winners

External Links

Opium Wars Wikipedia
2nd Opium War Wikipedia
Taku Forts Wikipedia
Admiral Hope Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Historical books online