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).
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 | Qing China | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Michael Seymour | Ye Mingchen | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
4 sloops 3 pinnaces 1 gig 1 cutter |
70+ junks[1] (many armed with stinkpots) 30+ row boats | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 killed[2] 6 wounded[3] | Unknown |
Gallery
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Larger map of the Canton River, showing Macao Fort
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Macao Fort, c. 1841
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The Union Jack on the fort, 1857
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Watercolour sketch of the fort, 1858
References
edit- ^ 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
edit- King-Hall, Louise, ed. (1936). Sea Saga, Being the Naval Diaries of Four Generations of the King-Hall Family. London: V. Gollancz. p. 234.