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 | |||||||
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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 | ||||||
Gallery
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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
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.