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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Wikipedia - Opium Wars]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101022626/ Dictionary of National Biography - Sir Henry Pottinger]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Wikipedia - Opium Wars]<br>[http://www.pdavis.nl/China.htm W.L.Clowes on the Ist  Anglo-Chinese War]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101022626/ Dictionary of National Biography - Sir Henry Pottinger]

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Battle of Chusan
Part of 1st Opium War
Date: August 1841
Location: Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 30.095492°N 121.145660°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Chinese
Commanders
Sir Henry Pottinger
Strength
Casualties

External Links

Wikipedia - Opium Wars
W.L.Clowes on the Ist Anglo-Chinese War
Dictionary of National Biography - Sir Henry Pottinger