Battle of Chinhai
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 | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Viscount Gough |
Commissioner Yukien General Yu Pu-yun | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
10 ships 2,098[1] |
8,000–9,000 157+ guns[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3 killed[3] 16 wounded[3] |
several hundred casualties[4] 157 guns captured[5] |
The Battle of Chinhai 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 the 13 October.
Gallery
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Map of the battle
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British rowboat at Chinhai
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Close of the engagement
References
Bibliography
- Hall, William Hutcheon; Bernard, William Dallas (1846). The Nemesis in China (3rd ed.). London: Henry Colburn.
- MacPherson, Duncan (1843). Two Years in China (2nd ed.). London: Saunders and Otley
Further reading
- The Chinese Repository. Volume 10. Canton. 1841. pp. 680–682.