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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
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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.


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11,000 troops under ''[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>
'''1st Brigade'''<br>
*1st Royal regiment
*[[1st Regiment of Foot|HM 1st Royal Regiment]]
*HM 31st Regiment
*[[31st Regiment of Foot|HM 31st Regiment]]
*Loodianah Regiment<br>
*[[15th (Ludhiana) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|Loodianah Regiment]]<br>
'''2nd Brigade'''
'''2nd Brigade'''
*HM 2nd Regiment (Queen's)
*[[2nd Regiment of Foot|HM 2nd Regiment (Queen's)]]
*HM 60th Regiment
*[[60th Regiment of Foot|HM 60th Regiment]]
*15th Punjaub Infantry
*[[23rd Punjab Pioneers|15th Punjaub Infantry]]
*Royal Artillery, Lt-Col Barry's Battery
*[[Royal Artillery]], Lt-Col Barry's Battery
*Royal Artillery, Capt Desborough's Battery
*[[Royal Artillery]], Capt Desborough's Battery
*Royal Engineers, Major Fisher's Company
*[[Royal Engineers, Major Fisher's Company
*Royal Engineers, Half No 8 Company
*Royal Engineers, Half No 8 Company
'''3rd Brigade'''
'''3rd Brigade'''
*HM 3rd Regiment (Buffs)
*[[3rd Regiment of Foot|HM 3rd Regiment (Buffs)]]
*HM 44th Regiment
*[[44th Regiment of Foot|HM 44th Regiment]]
*8th Punjaub Infantry
*[[8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|8th Punjaub Infantry]]
'''4th Brigade'''
'''4th Brigade'''
*HM 99th Regiment
*|HM 99th Regiment
*HM 67th Regiment
*|HM 67th Regiment
*19th Punjaub Infantry
*|19th Punjaub Infantry
*Royal Artillery, Capt Mowbray's Battery
*Royal Artillery, Capt Mowbray's Battery
*Royal Artillery, Capt Govan's Battery
*Royal Artillery, Capt Govan's Battery
*Royal Engineers, Major Graham's Company
*Royal Engineers, Major Graham's Company
'''Cavalry Brigade'''
'''Cavalry Brigade'''
*1st Dragoon Guards (King's)
*|1st Dragoon Guards (King's)
*Probyn's Sikh Cavalry
*|Probyn's Sikh Cavalry
*Fane's Cavalry
*|Fane's Cavalry
*Artillery, Lt-Col Milward's Battery
*Artillery, Lt-Col Milward's Battery
'''Reserve'''
'''Reserve'''

Revision as of 16:07, 1 September 2009

The second phase of the 2nd China War.

Summary

See our interactive map of
2nd China War 1856-60
Northern Campaign
locations and routes on Google Maps

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

1st Brigade

2nd Brigade

3rd Brigade

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