| Battle of Macao Fort | |||||||
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| Part of the Second Opium War | |||||||
 Map of the battle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Qing China | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Michael Seymour | Ye Mingchen | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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4 sloops 3 pinnaces 1 gig 1 cutter |
70+ junks[1] (many armed with stinkpots) 30+ row boats | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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1 killed[2] 6 wounded[3] | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Macao Fort was fought between British and Chinese forces in the Pearl River, Guangdong, China on 4 January 1857 during the Second Opium War. Macao Fort was located on an islet about 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) south of Canton (Guangzhou).
Gallery
Larger map of the Canton River, showing Macao Fort
Macao Fort, c. 1841
The Union Jack on the fort, 1857
Watercolour sketch of the fort, 1858
References
- ↑ Further Papers Relating to the Proceedings of Her Majesty's Naval Forces at Canton. London: Harrison and Sons. 1857. pp. 27–31.
- ↑ Kennedy, William (1900). Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor: Fifty Years in the Royal Navy. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. pp. 66–67.
- ↑ Allen's Indian Mail. 3 March 1857. 15 (311): 137.
Further reading
- King-Hall, Louise, ed. (1936). Sea Saga, Being the Naval Diaries of Four Generations of the King-Hall Family. London: V. Gollancz. p. 234.
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