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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Opium_War 2nd Opium War]
|date=2829-31 December 1857
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China]
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Chinese
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101028110/ Maj Gen Charles van Straubenzee]
|commander2=
|strength1=
}}
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Wikipedia - Opium Wars]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Vs4NAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA119&dq=Seige+of+canton+1857&lr=&as_brr=1&ei=CZEhSI_UCYXEyQT-6-DADQ#PPA119,M1 Google Books - Siege of Canton pp119-140]
