Battle of Escape Creek
23°02′17″N 113°31′19″E / 23.038°N 113.522°E / 23.038; 113.522
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Second Opium War
- 1st Canton
- French Folly Fort
- Bogue
- Barrier Forts
- Macao Fort
- Escape Creek
- Fatshan Creek
- 2nd Canton
- 1st Taku Forts
- 2nd Taku Forts
- 3rd Taku Forts
- Zhangjiawan
- Palikao
The Battle of Escape Creek was a naval engagement fought between the United Kingdom's Royal Navy and the Qing Chinese naval force on 25–27 May 1857 during the Second Opium War. Commodore Charles Elliot's squadron chased the war-junks at Escape Creek (present-day East River) and then, once the British ships were grounded as the river narrowed, they chased them in the ships' boats until all the junks had been overhauled.[4]
Gallery
- Map of Canton area showing Escape Creek near the top
- Map of the engagements
- Attack on the junks
- Burning of 27 captured junks
References
Bibliography
- Behan, T. L., ed. (1859). Bulletins and Other State Intelligence for the Year 1857. Part 2. London: Harrison and Sons.
Further reading
- Cooke, George Wingrove (1861). China and Lower Bengal (5th ed.). London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge. pp. 15–18.