Battle of Zhangjiawan

Battle of Zhangjiawan
Part of Second Opium War
Cousin-Montauban leading French forces during the 1860 campaign.
Date 18 September 1860 Location near Tongzhou Result Decisive Anglo-French victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom French Empire	Qing Dynasty
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom: James Hope Grant France: Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban	Sengge Rinchen
Strength
10,000	30,000
Casualties and losses
British: - 20 killed French: 15 killed	1,500 killed, 80 cannons lost

Battle of Zhangjiawan was fought at the village of Zhangjiawan (to the east of Tongzhou) by British and French forces during the Second Opium War on the morning of 18 September 1860.

Battle

The combined Anglo-French force which had recently occupied Tianjin engaged a Chinese army numbering some 30,000-strong at Zhangjiawan. British cavalry won a battle against Mongolian cavalry, French infantry crushed the defence of Chinese troops, and British-French artillery inflicting massive losses on the Chinese Qing army.

Aftermath

Infantry was the worst part of Qing army, hence Qing command-in-chief Sengge Rinchen decided to give another battle and use his cavalry to crush British-French forces. Battle of Palikao took place three days later.