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[[Category:Battles|Chingpoo, Battle of]] | [[Category:Battles|Chingpoo, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:Taiping Rebellion 1850-64|Chingpoo, Battle of]] | |||
{{Battles_Infobox | {{Battles_Infobox | ||
|partof=[ | |partof=[[:Category:Taiping Rebellion 1850-64|Taiping Rebellion 1850-64]] | ||
|date=12 May 1862 | |date=12 May 1862 | ||
|location=Qingpu, Shanghai, China | |location=Qingpu, Shanghai, China | ||
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|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101026328/ Brig Gen Sir Charles Staveley] | |commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101026328/ Brig Gen Sir Charles Staveley] | ||
|commander2= | |commander2= | ||
|strength1= | |strength1=2,613 British & French Troops<br>40 artillery pieces<br>1,800 Ward's filibusters<br>5-7,000 Imperial troops | ||
|strength2= | |strength2= 4,000 Taipings | ||
|casualties1= | |casualties1=2 killed<br>10 wounded | ||
|casualties2= | |casualties2= 1,000 | ||
}} | }} | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zMwNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA513&dq=Tsing-poo&as_brr=3&ei=AECXSMm2L4aCjwH0x-3JAw#PPA513,M1 Google Books - Siege of Tsing-poo] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion Wikipedia - Taiping Rebellion]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zMwNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA513&dq=Tsing-poo&as_brr=3&ei=AECXSMm2L4aCjwH0x-3JAw#PPA513,M1 Google Books - Siege of Tsing-poo] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:33, 6 September 2009
| Battle of Chingpoo | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of Taiping Rebellion 1850-64 | ||
| Date: | 12 May 1862 | |
| Location: | Qingpu, Shanghai, China | |
| Presidency: | Madras | |
| Co-ordinates: | 31.133696°N 121.141725°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| British troops | Taiping Rebels | |
| Commanders | ||
| Brig Gen Sir Charles Staveley | ||
| Strength | ||
| 2,613 British & French Troops 40 artillery pieces 1,800 Ward's filibusters 5-7,000 Imperial troops |
4,000 Taipings | |
| Casualties | ||
| 2 killed 10 wounded |
1,000 | |
External Links
Wikipedia - Taiping Rebellion
Google Books - Siege of Tsing-poo