Battle Of Chinhai
United Kingdom
Qing China Commanders and leaders
Viscount Gough
Commissioner Yukien
General Yu Pu-yun Strength
10 ships
2,098
8,000–9,000
157+ guns Casualties and losses
3 killed
16 wounded
Several hundred casualties
157 guns captured
General Yu Pu-yun
2,098
157+ guns
16 wounded
157 guns captured
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
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Map of the battle
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British rowboat at Chinhai
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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.