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[[Category:Battles|Chapu, Battle of]]
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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[http[://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Opium_War Category:1st China War 1839-42|1st Opium China War1839-42]]
|date=18 May 1842
|location=Zhapu, Shanghai
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=30.611838,121.08348&z=11&t=h&hl=en 30.611838°N 121.08348°E] |result= British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Chinese
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Gough,_1st_Viscount_Gough [Hugh Gough|Maj Gen Sir Hugh Gough]]
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1= 10 killed<br>50 wounded |casualties2= 5-600 dead
}}
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Opium Wars] Wikipedia - <br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Opium_War 1st Opium WarsWar]Wikipedia<br>[http://www.pdavis.nl/China.htm W.L.Clowes on the Ist Anglo-Chinese War]www.pdavis.nl<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101011135/ Sir Hugh Gough] Dictionary of National Biography <br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/390/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Sir Hugh GoughChapu] www.archive.org [[Category:Battles|Chapu, Battle of]][[Category:1st China War 1839-42|Canton, Battle of]]
