Battle of Macao Fort

The Battle of Macao Fort was fought between British and Chinese forces in the Pearl River, Guangdong, China on 4 January 1857 during the Second Opium War. Macao Fort was located on an islet about 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) south of Canton (Guangzhou).

Battle of Macao Fort
Part of the Second Opium War

Map of the battle
Date4 January 1857
Location
Pearl River, Guangdong, China
Result British victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom Qing China
Commanders and leaders
Michael Seymour Ye Mingchen
Strength
4 sloops
3 pinnaces
1 gig
1 cutter		 70+ junks[1] (many armed with stinkpots)
30+ row boats
Casualties and losses
1 killed[2]
6 wounded[3]		 Unknown
  • Larger map of the Canton River, showing Macao Fort
  • Macao Fort, c. 1841
  • The Union Jack on the fort, 1857
  • Watercolour sketch of the fort, 1858

References
  1. Further Papers Relating to the Proceedings of Her Majesty's Naval Forces at Canton. London: Harrison and Sons. 1857. pp. 27–31.
  2. Kennedy, William (1900). Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor: Fifty Years in the Royal Navy. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. pp. 66–67.
  3. Allen's Indian Mail. 3 March 1857. 15 (311): 137.

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