What the records say
- When
- 5 Jul 1840 – 6 Jul 1840
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 30.01° N, 122.11° E
- Description
- 1840 battle between China and Britain
Capture of Chusan
1840 battle between China and Britain
The First Capture of Chusan by British forces in China occurred on 5–6 July 1840 during the First Opium War. The British captured Chusan (Zhoushan), the largest island of an archipelago of that name.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article