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[[Category:Battles|Chinkiang, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Opium_War 1st Opium War]
|date=21 July 1842
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhenjiang Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China]
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=32.181275,119.4639&z=11&t=h&hl=en 32.181330°N 119.464327°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Chinese
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101011135/ Maj Gen Sir Hugh Gough]
|commander2=Hai-Lin
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Wikipedia - Opium Wars]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eIYjB_891J4C&pg=PA558&dq=Chinkiang&as_brr=1&ei=_igrSL_gCqqGzATA5pyCAg#PPA558,M1 Google Books - Capture of Chinkiang]
