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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
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After the Qing Government rejected the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaties_of_Tianjin Treaty of Tianjin] Anglo-French forces tried unsuccessfully to take the Taku Forts in June 1859. In the summer of 1860 a a larger Anglo-French force fromsailed from Hong Kong and captured the port cities of Yantai and Dalian. They then landed north of Tianjin which they captured. There followed a series of battles as the British and French advanced on Peking. The [[Battle of Pa-li-chao]] in September defeated the Chinese finally and the Summer Palace in [[Peking]] was destroyed. The Convention of Peking ratified the Treaty of Tianjin, the opium trade was legalized, China was opened to western merchants and Britain and France were paid a huge indemnity.
After the Qing Government rejected the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaties_of_Tianjin Treaty of Tianjin] Anglo-French forces tried unsuccessfully to take the Taku Forts in June 1859. In the summer of 1860 a larger Anglo-French force sailed from [[Hong Kong]] and captured the port cities of Chefoo (Yantai) and Dairen (Dalian). They then landed north of Tianjin which they captured. There followed a series of battles as the British and French advanced on Peking. The [[Battle of Pa-li-chao]] in September defeated the Chinese finally and the Summer Palace in [[Peking]] was destroyed. The Convention of Peking ratified the Treaty of Tianjin, the [[opium trade]] was legalized, China was opened to western merchants and Britain and France were paid a huge indemnity.


== British Expeditionary Force ==
== British Expeditionary Force ==
11,000 troops under ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hope_Grant General James Hope Grant]''<br>
11,000 troops under ''[[James Hope Grant|Gen James Hope Grant]]''<br>
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<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
'''1st Brigade'''<br>
'''1st Brigade'''<br>
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*[[Royal Artillery]], Lt-Col Barry's Battery
*[[Royal Artillery]], Lt-Col Barry's Battery
*[[Royal Artillery]], Capt Desborough's Battery
*[[Royal Artillery]], Capt Desborough's Battery
*[[Royal Engineers, Major Fisher's Company
*Royal Engineers, Major Fisher's Company
*Royal Engineers, Half No 8 Company
*Royal Engineers, Half No 8 Company
'''3rd Brigade'''
'''3rd Brigade'''
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*[[8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|8th Punjaub Infantry]]
*[[8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|8th Punjaub Infantry]]
'''4th Brigade'''
'''4th Brigade'''
*|HM 99th Regiment
*[[99th Regiment of Foot|HM 99th Regiment]]
*|HM 67th Regiment
*[[67th Regiment of Foot|HM 67th Regiment]]
*|19th Punjaub Infantry
*[[7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|19th Punjaub Infantry]]
*Royal Artillery, Capt Mowbray's Battery
*[[Royal Artillery]], Capt Mowbray's Battery
*Royal Artillery, Capt Govan's Battery
*[[Royal Artillery]], Capt Govan's Battery
*Royal Engineers, Major Graham's Company
*Royal Engineers, Major Graham's Company
'''Cavalry Brigade'''
'''Cavalry Brigade'''
*|1st Dragoon Guards (King's)
*[[1st Dragoon Guards]] (King's)
*|Probyn's Sikh Cavalry
*[[11th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers|Probyn's Sikh Cavalry]]
*|Fane's Cavalry
*[[19th Bengal Lancers (Fane's Horse)|Fane's Cavalry]]
*Artillery, Lt-Col Milward's Battery
*Artillery, Lt-Col Milward's Battery
'''Reserve'''
'''Reserve'''
*Guns of Position
*Guns of Position
*Madras Sappers
*[[Madras Sappers and Miners|Madras Sappers]]
*Mountain Guns
*Mountain Guns
*Rotton's Battery
*Rotton's Battery
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</div>
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Opium Wars] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Opium_War 2nd Opium War 1856-60] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.qdg.org.uk/pages/China-War-1860-115.php Queen's Dragoon Guards in China 1860] www.qdg.org.uk
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Opium Wars] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Opium_War 2nd Opium War 1856-60] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.qdg.org.uk/pages/China-War-1860-115.php Queen's Dragoon Guards in China 1860] www.qdg.org.uk
==== Historical Books on-line ====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/n457/mode/2up  Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India - Scene of Operations 1860] www.archive.org<br>


[[Category:Wars and Campaigns|China War, 2nd]]
[[Category:2nd China War 1856-60| 2nd China War]]
[[Category:2nd China War 1856-60|2nd China War]]
[[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|China War, 2nd]]

Latest revision as of 16:27, 22 April 2011

The second phase of the 2nd China War.

Summary

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2nd China War 1856-60
Northern Campaign
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After the Qing Government rejected the Treaty of Tianjin Anglo-French forces tried unsuccessfully to take the Taku Forts in June 1859. In the summer of 1860 a larger Anglo-French force sailed from Hong Kong and captured the port cities of Chefoo (Yantai) and Dairen (Dalian). They then landed north of Tianjin which they captured. There followed a series of battles as the British and French advanced on Peking. The Battle of Pa-li-chao in September defeated the Chinese finally and the Summer Palace in Peking was destroyed. The Convention of Peking ratified the Treaty of Tianjin, the opium trade was legalized, China was opened to western merchants and Britain and France were paid a huge indemnity.

British Expeditionary Force

11,000 troops under Gen James Hope Grant

1st Brigade

2nd Brigade

3rd Brigade

4th Brigade

Cavalry Brigade

Reserve

External Links

Opium Wars Wikipedia
2nd Opium War 1856-60 Wikipedia
Queen's Dragoon Guards in China 1860 www.qdg.org.uk

Historical Books on-line

Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India - Scene of Operations 1860 www.archive.org

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