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Battle of the Barrier Forts
Part of the Second Opium War

Attack on the Barrier Forts on November 21, showing Portsmouth, and Levant, with men and officers from the steam frigate San Jacinto
Date16–24 November 1856
Location
Pearl River, Guangzhou, China
23°6′37″N 113°19′15.5″E / 23.11028°N 113.320972°E / 23.11028; 113.320972
Result American victory
Belligerents
Battle of the Barrier Forts United States Battle of the Barrier Forts Qing China
Commanders and leaders
Battle of the Barrier Forts Andrew Hull Foote
Battle of the Barrier Forts James Armstrong
Battle of the Barrier Forts Ye Mingchen
Units involved

Battle of the Barrier Forts U.S. Navy

Battle of the Barrier Forts U.S. Marine Corps

Eight Banners

Green Standard Army
Strength
50 marines
237 sailors (on land)
1 steam frigate
2 sloops
5,000 (garrison force)[1]
3,000 (non-garrison force)[1]
Casualties and losses
10 killed[1]
22 wounded[1]
2 sloops damaged
250–500 killed or wounded[2]
176 guns lost[1]
4 forts captured

The Battle of the Barrier Forts (also known as the Battle of the Pearl River Forts) was fought between American and Chinese forces in the Pearl River, Guangdong, China in November 1856 during the Second Opium War. The United States Navy launched an amphibious assault against a series of four forts known as the Barrier Forts near the city of Canton (modern-day Guangzhou). It was considered an important battle by the British whose interest lay in capturing Canton.

  1. ^ a b c d e McClellan, Edwin North (September 1920). "The Capture of the Barrier Forts in the Canton River, China Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine". Marine Corps Gazette 5 (3): 262–276.
  2. ^ Hoppin, James Mason (1874). Life of Andrew Hull Foote, Rear-Admiral United States Navy. New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 120.

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