Difference between revisions of "Battle of Canton"

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Battle of Canton
Part of 1st China War
Date:	27 May 1841
Location:	Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Presidency:	Madras
Co-ordinates:	23.002364°N 113.392665°E
Result:	British victory
Combatants
East India Company	Chinese
Commanders
Maj Gen Sir Hugh Gough
Strength

Casualties

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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=vaVOqE-R4roC&pg=PA138&dq=General+Gough&as_brr=1&ei=LYMhSMS_F4PUzASsoaXCDQ#PPA138,M1 Google Books - Assault on Canton pp101-142]
+[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=vaVOqE-R4roC&pg=PA138&dq=General+Gough&as_brr=1&ei=LYMhSMS_F4PUzASsoaXCDQ#PPA138,M1 Google Books - Assault on Canton pp101-142]