Battle of Fatshan Creek

Battle of Fatshan Creek
	Part of the Second Opium War
	; Advance of British boats during the naval battle at Fatshan Creek, by Oswald Walters Brierly
Date	1 June 1857
Location	Foshan, Guangdong, China23°01′44″N 113°07′08″E / 23.029°N 113.119°E
Result	British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Qing China
Commanders and leaders
Sir Michael Seymour	Unknown
Strength
1,900+ marines & sailors; 1 screw sloop; 1 paddle steamer; 7 gunboats	1 fort; 25 guns; 100 war-junks
Casualties and losses
13 killed (3 officers); 44 wounded (4 officers); 1 launch destroyed; 1 gunboat damaged	1 fort captured; 25 guns captured; 2 war-junks destroyed; 70-80 war-junks captured

The Battle of Fatshan Creek (佛山水道之戰) was a naval engagement fought between the United Kingdom's Royal Navy and the Cantonese fleet of Qing China on 1 June 1857. Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour sought out and destroyed the Chinese fleet before advancing to the city of Canton (modern-day Foshan) for its capture.^[1]

^ "Second Anglo-Chinese War ("Opium war") of 1856 - 1860". William Loney. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2015.

[1] "Second Anglo-Chinese War ("Opium war") of 1856 - 1860". William Loney. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2015.

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