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|date=21 August 1860 | |date=21 August 1860 | ||
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanggu_District Tanggu],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianjin Tianjin], China | |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanggu_District Tanggu],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianjin Tianjin], China | ||
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| − | |commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hope Rear Adm Sir James Hope]<br>[ | + | |commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hope Rear Adm Sir James Hope]<br>[[Charles Cousin-Montauban|Gen Cousin-Montauban]] |
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| + | ==[[Victoria Cross]] winners== | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Montresor_Rogers '''Lieut Robert Rogers'''] [[44th Regiment of Foot]] | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McDougall_(VC) '''Private John McDougall'''] [[44th Regiment of Foot]] | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Henry_Lenon '''Lieut-Col Henry Lenon'''] [[67th Regiment of Foot]] | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Fitzgibbon '''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]] | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars | + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Opium Wars] Wikipedia <br> |
| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Opium_War 2nd Opium War] Wikipedia <br> | ||
| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taku_Forts Taku Forts] Wikipedia <br> | ||
| + | [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101013726/ Admiral Hope] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' | ||
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| + | ====Historical books online==== | ||
| + | *[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 | ||
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| + | [[Category:Battles|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]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:27, 18 October 2011
| 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 | ||
Victoria Cross winners
- Lieut Robert Rogers 44th Regiment of Foot
- Private John McDougall 44th Regiment of Foot
- Lieut-Col Henry Lenon 67th Regiment of Foot
- 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
