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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Opium Wars] Wikipedia<br> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Opium_War 1st Opium War] Wikipedia<br> | |||
[http://www.pdavis.nl/China.htm W.L.Clowes on the Ist Anglo-Chinese War] Peter Davis website<br> | |||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HGsU0WoI3AIC&pg=PA256&dq=Bogue+Fort&ei=F0fNR8jJG4TIyATRrsWfBA#PPA258,M1 Capture of Bogue Forts] Google Books<br> | |||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/372/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Attack on the Bogue Forts] www.archive.org | |||
[[Image:PearlRivermap.jpg|thumb|Pearl River Map<br>From W.L.Clowes web article]] | [[Image:PearlRivermap.jpg|thumb|Pearl River Map<br>From W.L.Clowes web article]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:04, 20 December 2009
| Battle of Bogue Forts, Pearl River | ||
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| Part of 1st China War 1839-42 | ||
| Date: | 7 January 1841 | |
| Location: | Zhu Jiang, Guangdong, China | |
| Presidency: | Madras | |
| Co-ordinates: | 22.772816°N 113.668842°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Chinese | |
| Commanders | ||
| Chuenpee Fort: Maj Thomas Pratt Tycocktow Fort: Capt James Scott RN |
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| Strength | ||
| Chuenpee Fort: 1,400 Royal Marines 26th Regiment Tycocktow Fort: Naval Bombardment Marines & Small Arms Men |
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| Casualties | ||
External Links
Opium Wars Wikipedia
1st Opium War Wikipedia
W.L.Clowes on the Ist Anglo-Chinese War Peter Davis website
Capture of Bogue Forts Google Books
Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Attack on the Bogue Forts www.archive.org
From W.L.Clowes web article