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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 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. | ||
== British Expeditionary Force == | == British Expeditionary Force == | ||
''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hope_Grant General James Hope Grant]''<br> | 11,000 troops under ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hope_Grant General James Hope Grant]''<br> | ||
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'''HM 1st Brigade'''<br> | '''HM 1st Brigade'''<br> | ||
*1st Royal regiment | *1st Royal regiment | ||
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*Mountain Guns | *Mountain Guns | ||
*Rotton's Battery | *Rotton's Battery | ||
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== 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 | |||
[[Category:Wars and Campaigns|China War, 2nd]] | |||
[[Category:2nd China War 1856-60|2nd China War]] | |||
[[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|China War, 2nd]] | |||
Revision as of 15:15, 1 September 2009
The second phase of the 2nd China War.
Summary
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See our interactive map of 2nd China War 1856-60 locations and routes on Google Maps | |
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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 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.
British Expeditionary Force
11,000 troops under General James Hope Grant
HM 1st Brigade
- 1st Royal regiment
- HM 31st Regiment
- Loodianah Regiment
2nd Brigade
- HM 2nd Regiment (Queen's)
- HM 60th Regiment
- 15th Punjaub Infantry
- Royal Artillery, Lt-Col Barry's Battery
- Royal Artillery, Capt Desborough's Battery
- Royal Engineers, Major Fisher's Company
- Royal Engineers, Half No 8 Company
3rd Brigade
- HM 3rd Regiment (Buffs)
- HM 44th Regiment
- 8th Punjaub Infantry
4th Brigade
- HM 99th Regiment
- HM 67th Regiment
- 19th Punjaub Infantry
- Royal Artillery, Capt Mowbray's Battery
- Royal Artillery, Capt Govan's Battery
- Royal Engineers, Major Graham's Company
Cavalry Brigade
- 1st Dragoon Guards (King's)
- Probyn's Sikh Cavalry
- Fane's Cavalry
- Artillery, Lt-Col Milward's Battery
Reserve
- Guns of Position
- Madras Sappers
- Mountain Guns
- Rotton's Battery
External Links
Opium Wars Wikipedia
2nd Opium War 1856-60 Wikipedia
Queen's Dragoon Guards in China 1860 www.qdg.org.uk