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[[Category:Battles|Peking, Battle of]] | [[Category:Battles|Peking, Battle of]] | ||
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|date=13 October 1860 | |date=13 October 1860 | ||
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing Beijing, China] | |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing Beijing, China] | ||
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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=oGETvGxWGywC&pg=PA269&dq=Annual+register+1861+Pekin&as_brr=3#PPA269,M1 Google Books - The Surrender of Pekin] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Wikipedia - Opium Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Opium_War 2nd Opium War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oGETvGxWGywC&pg=PA269&dq=Annual+register+1861+Pekin&as_brr=3#PPA269,M1 Google Books - The Surrender of Pekin] | ||
Revision as of 12:04, 28 December 2008
| Battle of Peking | ||
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| Part of 2nd China War | ||
| Date: | 13 October 1860 | |
| Location: | Beijing, China | |
| Presidency: | Madras | |
| Co-ordinates: | 39.908173°N 116.3979°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| British & French | Chinese | |
| Commanders | ||
| Lord Elgin Lieut Gen Sir James Hope Grant Gen Cousin-Montauban |
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| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
External Links
Wikipedia - Opium Wars
2nd Opium War
Google Books - The Surrender of Pekin