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| − | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=upRFAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA108&dq=Taku+Forts+1860&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=odKBSajUDJOUMd_3iPYO#PPA108,M1 ''The British arms in North China and Japan''], David Field Rennie (1864) Google Books. Chapter 12 - action at Taku Forts. | + | *[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=upRFAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA108&dq=Taku+Forts+1860&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=odKBSajUDJOUMd_3iPYO#PPA108,M1 ''The British arms in North China and Japan''], David Field Rennie (1864) Google Books. Chapter 12 - action at Taku Forts. |
| − | + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=EPtBAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA883 "Desultory Notes at Takoo. By an Officer of the Siege Train"], page 383 (but computer coded page 883) from ''Minutes of Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution Volume 2'' 1861 Google Books | |
[[Category:Battles|Taku Forts 1860, Battle of]] | [[Category:Battles|Taku Forts 1860, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:Second Campaign 1860|Taku Forts 1860, Battle of]] | [[Category:Second Campaign 1860|Taku Forts 1860, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:2nd China War 1856-60|Taku Forts 1860, Battle of]] | [[Category:2nd China War 1856-60|Taku Forts 1860, Battle of]] | ||
Revision as of 06:32, 10 July 2010
| Battle of Taku Forts 1860 | ||
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| Part of 2nd China War 1856-60 | ||
| Date: | 21 August 1860 | |
| Location: | Tanggu,Tianjin, China | |
| Presidency: | Madras | |
| Co-ordinates: | 39.104607°N 117.24781°E | |
| Result: | Allied victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Chinese | |
| Commanders | ||
| Rear Adm Sir James Hope Gen Cousin-Montauban |
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| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Notable participants
Arthur Fitzgibbon, Hospital Apprentice of the Bengal Subordinate Medical Department, attached to the 67th Regiment of Foot, became the youngest winner of the Victoria Cross, aged 15 years, 3 months. For more details, see Apothecaries.
External Links
Opium Wars Wikipedia
2nd Opium War Wikipedia
Taku Forts Wikipedia
Admiral Hope Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Historical books online
- The British arms in North China and Japan, David Field Rennie (1864) Google Books. Chapter 12 - action at Taku Forts.
- "Desultory Notes at Takoo. By an Officer of the Siege Train", page 383 (but computer coded page 883) from Minutes of Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution Volume 2 1861 Google Books
