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Battle of Zhangjiawan

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Battle of Zhangjiawan
Part of the Second Opium War

Cousin-Montauban leading French forces
Date18 September 1860
Location
Zhangjiawan, near Tongzhou, China
Result Franco-British victory
Belligerents
 France
 United Kingdom
Qing China
Commanders and leaders
France Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland James Hope Grant
Sengge Rinchen[1]
Strength
4,000[2] 20,000–30,000[3][4]
Casualties and losses
French:[4]
2 killed
14 wounded
British:[4]
1 killed
19 wounded
Heavy
80 guns captured[4]

Battle of Zhangjiawan (Chinese: 張家灣戰役) or Battle of Chang-kia-wan was fought by British and French forces against China at the town of Zhangjiawan (to the east of Tongzhou) during the Second Opium War on the morning of 18 September 1860.

Battle

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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

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Since infantry was the worst part of the Qing army, the Qing commander-in-chief Sengge Rinchen decided to use his cavalry against the Anglo-French forces. The Battle of Palikao took place three days later.

References

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  1. ^ Correspondence Respecting Affairs in China. 1859–60. London: Harrison and Sons. p. 258.
  2. ^ Knollys, Henry (1875). Incidents in the China War of 1860. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. p. 114.
  3. ^ Wolseley, Garnet (1903). The Story of a Soldier's Life. Volume 2. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 66.
  4. ^ a b c d Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India. Volume 6. Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing. 1911. p. 434.

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