Battle of Taku Forts (1860)
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The Third Battle of Taku Forts was an engagement of the Second Opium War, part of the British and French 1860 expedition to China. It took place at the Taku Forts near Tanggu District, approximately 6
Interior of the north fort after its capture
James Hope Grant
An illustration of Rogers reaching the top of the wall with help from Lieutenant Lenon
After the Capture of the Taku Forts
Second Opium War
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The Second Opium War, also known as the Second Anglo-Chinese War or Arrow War, was fought between the United Kingdom and France against the Qing dynasty of China between 1856 and 1860. It was the seco
Battle of Taku Forts (1860)
…The Third Battle of Taku Forts (Chinese: 第三次大沽口之戰) was an engagement of the Second Opium War, part of the British and French 1860 expedition to China. It took place at the Taku Forts (also called Peiho Forts) near Tanggu District (Wade-Giles…
Palikao's bridge, on the evening of the Battle of Palikao, by Émile Bayard
The Illustrated London News print of the steamship Ly-ee-moon, built for the opium trade, c. 1859
The execution of the Paris Foreign Missions Society missionary Auguste Chapdelaine was the official cause of the French involvement in the Second Opium War.
The capture of Ye Mingchen after the fall of Canton