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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Wikipedia - Opium Wars]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HGsU0WoI3AIC&pg=PA256&dq=Bogue+Fort&ei=F0fNR8jJG4TIyATRrsWfBA#PPA258,M1 Google Books - Capture of Bogue Forts] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Wikipedia - Opium Wars]<br>[http://www.pdavis.nl/China.htm W.L.Clowes on the Ist Anglo-Chinese War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HGsU0WoI3AIC&pg=PA256&dq=Bogue+Fort&ei=F0fNR8jJG4TIyATRrsWfBA#PPA258,M1 Google Books - Capture of Bogue Forts] | ||
[[Image:PearlRivermap.jpg|thumb|Pearl River Map<br>From W.L.Clowes web article]] | |||
Revision as of 14:10, 19 June 2008
| Battle of Bogue Forts, Pearl River | ||
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| Part of Ist Opium War | ||
| 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 J L 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
Wikipedia - Opium Wars
W.L.Clowes on the Ist Anglo-Chinese War
Google Books - Capture of Bogue Forts
From W.L.Clowes web article