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| conflict = Battle of Canton |
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| partof = the [[Second Opium War]] |
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| image = [[File:1858, Canton Commissioner Yeh Men.jpg|300px]] |
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| caption = The British capture of [[Ye Mingchen]] on 5 January 1858 |
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| date = 28–31 December 1857 |
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| place = [[Guangzhou|Canton]], China |
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| territory = |
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| result = Anglo-French victory |
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| combatant1 = {{flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]<br />{{flagicon|France}} [[Second French Empire|France]] |
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| combatant2 = [[Qing Dynasty]] |
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| commander1 = {{flagicon|UK}} [[Michael Seymour (Royal Navy officer)|Michael Seymour]]<br />{{flagicon|UK}} [[Charles Thomas van Straubenzee]]<br />{{flagicon|France}} [[Charles Rigault de Genouilly]] |
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| commander2 = [[Ye Mingchen]] |
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| strength1 = 5,679<ref name="p. 1021">''The London Gazette'': p. [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/22104/pages/1021 1021]. 26 February 1858. Issue 22104.</ref> |
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| strength2 = 30,000<ref name="p. 1021" /> |
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| casualties1 = 115 killed,<br />113 wounded<ref>''The London Gazette'': p. [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/22104/pages/1026 1026]. 26 February 1858. Issue 22104.</ref> |
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| casualties2 = 200 killed (est.)<ref>Cooke, George Wingrove (1858). ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=odJGAAAAIAAJ China: Being "The Times" Special Correspondence from China in the Years 1857-58]''. p. 357.</ref> |
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{{Campaignbox Second Opium War}} |
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The '''Battle of Canton''' was fought by British and French forces against China on 28–31 December 1857 during the [[Second Opium War]]. |
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== References == |
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{{reflist}} |
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[[Category:1857 in China]] |
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[[Category:Battles of the Second Opium War|Canton]] |
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[[Category:Conflicts in 1857]] |
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[[zh:英法聯軍入侵廣州]] |
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