Battle of Chinhai

Battle of Chinhai
Part of the First Opium War

Taking of Chinhai at the mouth of the Ningbo River, showing HMS Rattlesnake (centre)
Date10 October 1841
Location
Zhenhai, Zhejiang, China
29°58′N 121°43′E / 29.96°N 121.72°E / 29.96; 121.72
Result British victory
Belligerents

 United Kingdom

Qing China
Commanders and leaders
Viscount Gough Commissioner Yukien
General Yu Pu-yun
Strength
10 ships
2,098[1]		 8,000–9,000
157+ guns[2]
Casualties and losses
3 killed[3]
16 wounded[3]		 several hundred casualties[4]
157 guns captured[5]

The Battle of Chinhai (Chinese: 鎮海之戰) was fought between British and Chinese forces in Chinhai (Zhenhai), Zhejiang province, China, on the 10 October 1841 during the First Opium War. The Chinese force consisted of a garrison of Manchu and Mongol Bannermen. The British capture of this city allowed them to seize Ningbo unopposed on 13 October.

Gallery

  • Map of the battle
    Map of the battle
  • British rowboat at Chinhai
    British rowboat at Chinhai
  • Close of the engagement
    Close of the engagement

References

  1. ^ MacPherson 1843, pp. 383–384
  2. ^ MacPherson 1843, p. 381
  3. ^ a b MacPherson 1843, p. 384
  4. ^ Hall & Bernard 1846, p. 260
  5. ^ MacPherson 1843, p. 385

Bibliography

  • Hall, William Hutcheon; Bernard, William Dallas (1846). The Nemesis in China (3rd ed.). London: Henry Colburn.
  • MacPherson, Duncan (1843). Two Years in China (2nd ed.). London: Saunders and Otley

Further reading