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[[Category:Battles|ChowpooApril 1862, Battle of]][[Category:Taiping Rebellion 1850-64|Chowpoo April 1862, Battle of]]{{Battles_Infobox|partof=[[:Category:Taiping Rebellion 1850-64|Taiping Rebellion 1850-64]]|date=17 April 1862|location= Che-poo, Shanghai, China |presidency=[[Madras]] |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.119444,121.5725&z=16&t=h&hl=en 31.119444°N 121.572500°E] |result=British & French victory |territory=|combatant1=British & French|combatant2=Taiping Rebels|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101026328/ Brig Gen Sir Charles Staveley]<br>Rear Adm Protet|commander2= |strength1=2,420 men<br>14 guns|strength2=<4,000 |casualties1= None|casualties2= 600 killed<br>300 wounded (later executed)}} == Allied Forces =={||British Naval Division with 3 howitzers|350 men |-|[[Royal Artillery]] with 4 howitzers|90 men|-|HM [[99th Regiment of Foot]]|80 men|-|[[18th Musulman Rajput Infantry|22nd Punjab Native Infantry]]|400 men|-|[[5th Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry|5th Bombay Native Infantry]]|400 men|-|French Contingent with 7 guns|700 men|-|Ward's Legion of Chinese|400 men|-|Total|2,420 men|}== External Links ==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion Wikipedia - Taiping Rebellion]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zMwNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA506&dq=Che-poo&as_brr=3&ei=AECXSMm2L4aCjwH0x-3JAw#PPA506,M1 Google Books - Battle of Che-poo]
