Battle of Chinhai facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Battle of Chinhai |
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| Part of the First Opium War | |||||||
 Taking of Chinhai at the mouth of the Ningpo River, showing HMS Rattlesnake (centre) |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Qing China |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Viscount Gough | Commissioner Yukien General Yu Pu-yun |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 10 ships 2,098 |
8,000–9,000 157+ guns |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3 killed 16 wounded |
several hundred casualties 157 guns captured |
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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 Ningpo unopposed on 13 October.
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Map of the battle
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British rowboat at Chinhai
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Close of the engagement
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