Regional1857

Battle of Guangzhou

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China

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Guangzhou (1857), part of the 2nd Opium War. United Kingdom, France defeated China.

Belligerents3

United Kingdom
France
China

ON THE MAPBritish Empire (1837)Qing Dynasty

Conflict graph

PART OFSecond Opium War (Arrow War)

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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