Battle of Fatshan Creek

The Battle of Fatshan Creek (佛山水道之戰) was a naval engagement fought between the United Kingdom's Royal Navy and the Cantonese fleet of Qing China on 1 June 1857. Commodore Henry Keppel sought out and destroyed the Chinese fleet before advancing to the city of Canton (modern-day Guangzhou) for its capture.[1]

For other uses, see Fatshan (disambiguation).

Battle of Fatshan Creek
Part of the Second Opium War

Advance of British boats during the naval battle at Fatshan Creek, by Oswald Walters Brierly
Date1 June 1857
Location
Foshan, Guangdong, China
Result British victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom Qing China
Commanders and leaders
Henry Keppel Unknown
Strength
1,900+ marines & sailors
1 screw sloop
1 paddle steamer
7 gunboats		 1 fort
25 guns
100 war-junks
Casualties and losses
13 killed (3 officers)
44 wounded (4 officers)
1 launch destroyed
1 gunboat damaged		 1 fort captured
25 guns captured
2 war-junks destroyed
70-80 war-junks captured
  • Plan of the battle
  • Naval action, Fatshan Creek
  • British rowboats

See also

References
  1. "Second Anglo-Chinese War ("Opium war") of 1856 - 1860". William Loney. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2015.

Sources
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