Battle of Chinhai
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| Battle of Chinhai | |||||||
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| Part of the First Opium War | |||||||
 Taking of Chinhai at the mouth of the Ningbo River, showing HMS Rattlesnake (centre) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Qing China | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Viscount Gough |
Commissioner Yukien General Yu Pu-yun | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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10 ships 2,098[1] |
8,000–9,000 157+ guns[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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3 killed[3] 16 wounded[3] |
several hundred casualties[4] 157 guns captured[5] | ||||||
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[edit]
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Map of the battle -
British rowboat at Chinhai -
Close of the engagement
References[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- 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[edit]
- The Chinese Repository. Volume 10. Canton. 1841. pp. 680–682.
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