Battle of Macao Fort
23°4′12″N 113°15′29″E / 23.07000°N 113.25806°E / 23.07000; 113.25806Result British victory Belligerents 
United Kingdom 
Qing China Commanders and leaders Michael Seymour Ye Mingchen Strength 4 sloops
3 pinnaces
1 gig
1 cutter 70+ junks[1] (many armed with stinkpots)
30+ row boats Casualties and losses 1 killed[2]
6 wounded[3] Unknown
United Kingdom
Qing China3 pinnaces
1 gig
1 cutter
30+ row boats
6 wounded[3]
- v
- t
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Second Opium War
- 1st Canton
- French Folly Fort
- Bogue
- Barrier Forts
- Macao Fort
- Escape Creek
- Fatshan Creek
- 2nd Canton
- 1st Taku Forts
- 2nd Taku Forts
- 3rd Taku Forts
- Zhangjiawan
- Palikao
The Battle of Macao Fort was fought between British and Chinese forces in the Pearl River, Guangdong, China on 4 January 1857 during the Second Opium War. Macao Fort was located on an islet about 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) south of Canton (Guangzhou).
Gallery
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Larger map of the Canton River, showing Macao Fort -
Macao Fort, c. 1841 -
The Union Jack on the fort, 1857 -
Watercolour sketch of the fort, 1858
References
- ^ Further Papers Relating to the Proceedings of Her Majesty's Naval Forces at Canton. London: Harrison and Sons. 1857. pp. 27–31.
- ^ Kennedy, William (1900). Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor: Fifty Years in the Royal Navy. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. pp. 66–67.
- ^ Allen's Indian Mail. 3 March 1857. 15 (311): 137.
Further reading
- King-Hall, Louise, ed. (1936). Sea Saga, Being the Naval Diaries of Four Generations of the King-Hall Family. London: V. Gollancz. p. 234.
