Battle of Chinhai
1841 battle between Britain and China during the First Opium War
- British East India Company
General Yu Pu-yun
2,098[1]
157+ guns[2]
16 wounded[3]
157 guns captured[5]
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First Opium War
- Kowloon
- 1st Chuenpi
- 1st Chusan
- Barrier
- 2nd Chuenpi
- Bogue
- First Bar
- Whampoa
- Broadway
- 1st Canton
- 2nd Canton
- Sanyuanli
- Amoy
- 2nd Chusan
- Chinhai
- Ningpo
- Tzeki
- Chapu
- Woosung
- Chinkiang
- Nerbudda
The Battle of Chinhai (Chinese: 鎮海之戰) was fought between British and Chinese forces in Chinhai (Zhenhai), Zhejiang province, China, on the 10 October 1841 during the First Opium War. The Chinese force consisted of a garrison of Manchu and Mongol Bannermen. The British capture of this city allowed them to seize Ningbo unopposed on 13 October.
Gallery
- Map of the battle
- British rowboat at Chinhai
- Close of the engagement
References
Bibliography
- Hall, William Hutcheon; Bernard, William Dallas (1846). The Nemesis in China (3rd ed.). London: Henry Colburn.
- MacPherson, Duncan (1843). Two Years in China (2nd ed.). London: Saunders and Otley
Further reading
- The Chinese Repository. Volume 10. Canton. 1841. pp. 680–682.
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