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The First Battle of Taku Forts was the first invasion of Anglo-French alliance taking the Taku Forts on May 20, 1858. During the Second Opium War.
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Part of the Second Opium War | |||||||
Gun battery of the Taku Forts. | |||||||
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United Kingdom France | Qing Dynasty | ||||||
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Rear Admiral Sir Michael Seymour | unknown |
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The British and French sent a squadron of gunboats, under Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, to attack China's Taku Forts. The battle ended as an allied success. However the first phase of the Second Opium War would end with the Treaties of Tianjin and the forts were returned to the hands of the Qing Army, leading to the Second Battle of Taku Forts.