What the records say
- When
- 10 Mar 1842
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 29.87° N, 121.56° E
- Description
- 1842 battle
Battle of Ningpo
1842 battle of the First Opium War
The Battle of Ningpo was an unsuccessful Chinese attempt to recapture the British-occupied city of Ningbo (Ningpo) during the First Opium War. British forces had bloodlessly captured the city after their victory at Chinhai, and a Chinese force under the command of Prince Yijing was sent to recapture the city but was repulsed, suffering heavy casualties.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In the spring of 1842 the Daoguang Emperor ordered his cousin Yijing to retake the city of Ningpo”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page