Battle of Chinhai

Battle of Chinhai
Part of the First Opium War

Taking of Chinhai at the mouth of the Ningbo River, showing HMS Rattlesnake (centre)
Date10 October 1841
Location29°58′N 121°43′E / 29.96°N 121.72°E / 29.96; 121.72
Result British victory
Belligerents

 United Kingdom

Qing China
Commanders and leaders
Viscount Gough Commissioner Yukien
General Yu Pu-yun
Strength
10 ships
2,098[1]
8,000–9,000
157+ guns[2]
Casualties and losses
3 killed[3]
16 wounded[3]
several hundred casualties[4]
157 guns captured[5]

The Battle of Chinhai (Chinese: 鎮海之戰) was fought between British and Chinese forces in Chinhai (Zhenhai), Zhejiang province, China, on the 10 October 1841 during the First Opium War. The Chinese force consisted of a garrison of Manchu and Mongol Bannermen. The British capture of this city allowed them to seize Ningbo unopposed on 13 October.

  1. ^ MacPherson 1843, pp. 383–384
  2. ^ MacPherson 1843, p. 381
  3. ^ a b MacPherson 1843, p. 384
  4. ^ Hall & Bernard 1846, p. 260
  5. ^ MacPherson 1843, p. 385