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|combatant1=British and French
|combatant2=Chinese
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bruce,_8th_Earl_of_Elgin Lord Elgin]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Louis_Gros Baron Gros]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101028110/ Maj-Gen Charles Van Straubenzee]
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== Land Force ==
''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101028110/ Maj-Gen Charles Van Straubenzee] commanding''<br>
'''1st Brigade'''<br>
''Colonel Holloway''
*1st Btn Royal Marine Light Infantry
*2nd Btn Royal Marine Light Infantry<br>
'''2nd Brigade'''<br>
''Colonel Graham''
*Royal Engineers
*One Coy Volunteer Sappers
*[[Royal Artillery]]
*Royal Marine Artillery
*Provisional Btn Royal Marine Light Infantry
*[[59th Regiment of Foot|HM 59th Regiment]]
*[[38th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry|38th Madras Native Infantry]]
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Opium Wars] Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HY8fopzq5g0C&pg=PA174&dq=Canton+January+1858&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Canton%20January%201858&f=false Capture of Canton] Google Books<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/402/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India - Capture of Canton] www.archive.org<br>
[[Category:Battles|Canton 1857, Capture of]]
[[Category:First Campaign 1856|Canton 1857, Capture of]]
[[Category:2nd China War 1856-60|Canton 1857, Capture of]]
