What the records say
- When
- 12 Aug 1860 – 21 Aug 1860
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 38.97° N, 117.71° E
- Description
- 1860 successful Franco-British attack against the forts during the Second Opium War
Battle of Taku Forts (1860)
Battle during the Second Opium War
The Third Battle of Taku Forts was an engagement of the Second Opium War, part of the British and French 1860 expedition to China. It took place at the Taku Forts near Tanggu District, approximately 60 kilometers (36 mi.) southeast of the city of Tianjin (Tientsin).
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Taku Forts (1860), British and French forces capture Taku forts in north China”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “взятие фортов Дагу англо-французской коалицией, коалиция угрожает Пекину”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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