Battle of Taku Forts (1859)
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The Second Battle of Taku Forts (Chinese: 第二次大沽口之戰) was a failed Anglo-French attempt to seize the Taku Forts along the Hai River in Tianjin, China, in June 1859 during the Second Opium War. A chartered American steamship arrived on scene and assisted the French and British in their attempted suppression of the forts.
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Second Battle of Taku Forts | |||||||
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Part of the Second Opium War | |||||||
The Taku Forts | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
British Empire French Empire United States | Qing China | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
James Hope (WIA) Josiah Tattnall III | Sengge Rinchen | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Britain: 1,160 (on land)[1] 11 gunboats 4 steam ships[1] |
4,000[2] 60 guns[2] 6 forts[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Britain: 3 gunboats sunk 3 gunboats grounded[1] 81 killed[3] 345 wounded[3] France: 12 killed 23 wounded United States: 1 killed 1 wounded 1 launch damaged | 32 killed or wounded[2] |
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