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Battle of Amoy

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== Expeditionary Force ==
'''Naval Squadron'''
*Royal Navy Warships
:[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=2290 HMS Wellesley]
:[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=60 HMS Blenheim]
:[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=1370 HMS Druid]
:[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=1139 HMS Blonde]
:[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=1781 HMS Modeste]
:[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=1934 HMS Pylades]
:[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=1258 HMS Columbine]
:[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=1299 HMS Cruiser]
:[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=2329 HMS Algerine]
:[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=1952 HMS Sesostris]<br>
*HEIC Steamers
:Queen
:Nemesis
:Phlegethon
*21 transports and store ships<br>
'''Ground forces'''<br>
2,700 fighting men
*[[18th Regiment of Foot|HM 18th Royal Irish Regiment]]
*Four Coys [[26th Regiment of Foot|HM 26th Cameronians]]
*[[49th Regiment of Foot|HM 49th Regiment]]
*[[55th Regiment of Foot|HM 55th Regiment]]
*Rifle Coy [[36th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry|36th Madras Native Infantry]]
*Detachment [[Royal Artillery]]
*Detachment [[Madras Artillery]]
*Two Coys [[Madras Sappers and Miners]]
*Madras Engineers
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Opium Wars] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.pdavis.nl/China.htm W.L.Clowes on the Ist Anglo-Chinese War] www.pdavis.nl<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vaVOqE-R4roC&pg=PA200&dq=Parker+Pottinger+%20Amoy&as_brr=1&ei=LYMhSMS_F4PUzASsoaXCDQ#v=onepage&q=Parker%20Pottinge%20Amoyr&f=false Fall of Amoy] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PZE4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA423&dq=Amoy&as_brr=1&ei=0HuYR-iHOpXGyAT05LTbCA Google Books - Description of Amoy 1846] Google Books<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/380/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Attack on Amoy] archive.org

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