Battle of Canton

When

28 Dec 1857 – 31 Dec 1857

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

23.13° N, 113.26° E

Description

1857 battle

1857 battle of the Second Opium War

The Battle of Canton was fought by British and French forces against Qing China on 28–31 December 1857 during the Second Opium War. The British High Commissioner, Lord Elgin, was keen to take the city of Canton (Guangzhou) as a demonstration of power and to capture Chinese official Ye Mingchen, who had resisted British attempts to implement the 1842 Treaty of Nanking.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Second Anglo-Chinese War: 2nd Battle of Canton – British and French forces begin an assault on the Qing dynasty Chinese city of Canton (Guangzhou)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Britische und französische Schiffe beginnen im Zweiten Opiumkrieg vom Perlfluss aus Kanton zu beschießen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “アロー戦争: 広州の戦いはじまる。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Second Opium War8 Oct 1856 · War