First Opium War
The First Anglo-Chinese War (1839–42), kent popularly as the First Opium War or simply the Opium War, wis foucht atween Great Breetain an Qing Cheenae ower thair conflictin viewpoints on diplomatic relations, trade, an the admeenistration o justice for foreign naitionals.[3]
| First Opium War | |||||||||
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| Pairt o the Opium Wars | |||||||||
.jpg) The Nemesis destroyin Cheenese war junks during the Seicont Battle o Chuenpee, 7 Januar 1841 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Qing Dynasty | |||||||||
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| Strenth | |||||||||
| 19,000 troops[2] | 200,000 men | ||||||||
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69 killed, 451 woondit | 18,000–20,000 casualties | ||||||||
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References
eedit- ↑ Le Pichon, Alain (2006). China Trade and Empire. Oxford University Press. pp. 36–37. ISBN 0-19-726337-2.
- ↑ a b Martin, Robert Montgomery (1847). China: Political, Commercial, and Social; In an Official Report to Her Majesty's Government. Volume 2. James Madden. pp. 81–82.
- ↑ Tsang, Steve (2007). A Modern History of Hong Kong. I.B.Tauris. p. 3–13, 29. ISBN 1-84511-419-1.