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[[Category:Battles|Bogue Fort (Pearl River), Battle of]]
[[Category:1st China War 1839-42|Bogue Fort (Pearl River), Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st China War 1839-42|1st China War 1839-42]]
|date=7 January 1841
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_River_(China) Zhu Jiang, Guangdong, China]
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=22.772816,113.66884&z=12&t=h&hl=en 22.772816°N 113.668842°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Chinese
|commander1=Chuenpee Fort: <br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101022711/ Maj Thomas Pratt]<br>Tycocktow Fort: <br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101024881/ Capt James Scott RN]
|commander2=
|strength1=Chuenpee Fort:<br>1,400 Royal Marines<br>26th Regiment<br>Tycocktow Fort:<br> Naval Bombardment<br>Marines & Small Arms Men
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Opium Wars] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Opium_War 1st Opium War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.pdavis.nl/China.htm W.L.Clowes on the Ist Anglo-Chinese War] Peter Davis website<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HGsU0WoI3AIC&pg=PA256&dq=Bogue+Fort&ei=F0fNR8jJG4TIyATRrsWfBA#PPA258,M1 Capture of Bogue Forts] Google Books<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/372/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Attack on the Bogue Forts] www.archive.org
[[Image:PearlRivermap.jpg|thumb|Pearl River Map<br>From W.L.Clowes web article]]
