Battle of First Bar

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Battle of First Bar
Part of the First Opium War
Attack on the First Bar battery (published 1843)
Date 27 February 1841 Location Pearl River, Guangdong, China 23°4′28.87″N 113°28′45.45″E / 23.0746861°N 113.4792917°E / 23.0746861; 113.4792917 Result British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom British East India Company	Qing China
Commanders and leaders
Gordon Bremer Thomas Herbert	Hsiang-fu † Yung-fu
Strength
2 steamers 4 corvettes 1 bomb ketch	2,000+ troops 40+ junks 1 East Indiaman
Casualties and losses
1 died (due to an accident) 8 wounded	300 killed 98 guns captured 1 East Indiaman destroyed

The Battle of First Bar was fought between British and Chinese forces at First Bar Island and its surrounding area in the Pearl River, Guangdong province, China, on 27 February 1841 during the First Opium War.