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|result=British & French victory  
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|combatant1=British &French
|combatant1=British & French
|combatant2=Taiping Rebels
|combatant2=Taiping Rebels
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101026328/ Brig Gen Sir Charles Staveley]
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101026328/ Brig Gen Sir Charles Staveley]<br>Rear Adm Protet
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|strength1=French: 410<br>English: 1,497<br>Chinese: 300
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|strength2=4,000
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|casualties1= 1 killed<br>1 wounded
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|casualties2= 600 killed
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== 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://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zMwNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA513&dq=Tsing-poo&as_brr=3&ei=AECXSMm2L4aCjwH0x-3JAw#PPA502,M1 Google Books - Battle of Wong-ka-dza]

Revision as of 09:40, 7 August 2008

Wong-ka-Dya
Part of Taiping Rebellion
Date: 4 April 1862
Location: Wong-ka-dza, Shanghai, China
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 31.119444°N 121.5725°E
Result: British & French victory
Combatants
British & French Taiping Rebels
Commanders
Brig Gen Sir Charles Staveley
Rear Adm Protet
Strength
French: 410
English: 1,497
Chinese: 300
4,000
Casualties
1 killed
1 wounded
600 killed

External Links

Google Books - Battle of Wong-ka-dza