Difference between revisions of "Battle of Bogue Forts, Pearl River"

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Battle of Bogue Forts, Pearl River
Part of 1st China 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
Strength
Chuenpee Fort: 1,400 Royal Marines 26th Regiment Tycocktow Fort: Naval Bombardment Marines & Small Arms Men
Casualties

Pearl River Map
From W.L.Clowes web article

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 == External Links ==
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Wikipedia - Opium Wars]<br>[http://www.pdavis.nl/China.htm W.L.Clowes on the Ist  Anglo-Chinese War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HGsU0WoI3AIC&pg=PA256&dq=Bogue+Fort&ei=F0fNR8jJG4TIyATRrsWfBA#PPA258,M1 Google Books - Capture of Bogue Forts]
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Wikipedia - Opium Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Opium_War Wikipedia - 1st Opium War]<br>[http://www.pdavis.nl/China.htm W.L.Clowes on the Ist  Anglo-Chinese War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HGsU0WoI3AIC&pg=PA256&dq=Bogue+Fort&ei=F0fNR8jJG4TIyATRrsWfBA#PPA258,M1 Google Books - Capture of Bogue Forts]
 [[Image:PearlRivermap.jpg|thumb|Pearl River Map<br>From W.L.Clowes web article]]