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[[Category:Battles|Taku Forts 1860, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd China War|Taku Forts 1860, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:2nd China War|2nd China War]]
|date=21 August 1860
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanggu_District Tanggu],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianjin Tianjin], China
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=39.104607,117.24781&z=8&t=h&hl=en 39.104607°N 117.24781°E]
|result=Allied victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Chinese
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hope Rear Adm Sir James Hope]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cousin-Montauban%2C_Comte_de_Palikao Gen Cousin-Montauban]
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Wikipedia - Opium Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Opium_War Wikipedia - 2nd Opium War]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101013726/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Admiral Hope]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taku_Forts Wikipedia - Taku Forts]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=upRFAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA108&dq=Taku+Forts+1860&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=odKBSajUDJOUMd_3iPYO#PPA108,M1 Google Books - Action at Taku Forts]
[[Category:2nd China War|Taku Forts 1860, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:2nd China War|2nd China War]]
|date=21 August 1860
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanggu_District Tanggu],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianjin Tianjin], China
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=39.104607,117.24781&z=8&t=h&hl=en 39.104607°N 117.24781°E]
|result=Allied victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Chinese
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hope Rear Adm Sir James Hope]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cousin-Montauban%2C_Comte_de_Palikao Gen Cousin-Montauban]
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Wikipedia - Opium Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Opium_War Wikipedia - 2nd Opium War]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101013726/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Admiral Hope]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taku_Forts Wikipedia - Taku Forts]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=upRFAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA108&dq=Taku+Forts+1860&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=odKBSajUDJOUMd_3iPYO#PPA108,M1 Google Books - Action at Taku Forts]
