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[[Category:Battles|Taku Fort 1859, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:2nd China War 1856-60|2nd  China War 1856-60]]
|date=25-28 June 1859
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanggu_District Tanggu],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianjin Tianjin], China
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=39.104607,117.24781&z=8&t=h&hl=en 39.104607°N 117.24781°E] 
|result=British defeat
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Chinese
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hope Rear Adm Sir James Hope]
|commander2= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sengge_Rinchen Sengge Rinchen]
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1= 
|casualties2=
}}
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Opium Wars] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Opium_War 2nd Opium War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101013726/ Admiral Hope] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taku_Forts Taku Forts] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/408/mode/2up  Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India - Capture of the Taku Forts] www.archive.org<br>
 
[[Category:Battles|Taku Forts 1859, Battle of]]
[[Category:Second Campaign 1860|Taku Forts 1859, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd China War 1856-60|Taku Forts 1859, Battle of]]

Latest revision as of 11:24, 21 December 2009

Battle of Taku Forts 1859
Part of 2nd China War 1856-60
Date: 25-28 June 1859
Location: Tanggu,Tianjin, China
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 39.104607°N 117.24781°E
Result: British defeat
Combatants
East India Company Chinese
Commanders
Rear Adm Sir James Hope Sengge Rinchen
Strength
Casualties

External Links

Opium Wars Wikipedia
2nd Opium War Wikipedia
Admiral Hope Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Taku Forts Wikipedia
Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India - Capture of the Taku Forts www.archive.org