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|strength1=Chuenpee Fort:<br>1,400 Royal Marines<br>26th Regiment<br>Tycocktow Fort:<br> Naval Bombardment<br>Marines & Small Arms Men | |strength1=Chuenpee Fort:<br>1,400 Royal Marines<br>26th Regiment<br>Tycocktow Fort:<br> Naval Bombardment<br>Marines & Small Arms Men | ||
Revision as of 16:50, 10 July 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 Thomas 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