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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:2nd China War 1856-60|2nd China War 1856-60]]
|date=28 December 1857
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China]
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=24.481018,118.1503&z=10&t=h&hl=en 23.002364°N 113.392665°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|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]
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== 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>
[[Category:Battles|Fatshan Creek, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd China War 1856-60|Fatshan Creek, Battle of]]
|partof=[[:Category:2nd China War 1856-60|2nd China War 1856-60]]
|date=28 December 1857
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China]
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=24.481018,118.1503&z=10&t=h&hl=en 23.002364°N 113.392665°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|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]
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== 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>
[[Category:Battles|Fatshan Creek, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd China War 1856-60|Fatshan Creek, Battle of]]
