Battle of Tsekee

Map of the operations in Tsekee

Date	15 March 1842
Location	Tsekee, China
Result	British victory

Belligerents

United Kingdom

British East India Company

Qing Dynasty

Commanders and leaders

Hugh Gough,
William Parker

Unknown

Strength

1,260^[1]

8,000 Bannermen ^[2]

Casualties and losses

3 killed,^[3]
22 wounded^[3]

1,000 killed^[2]

First Opium War

Kowloon 1st Chuenpee 1st Chusan Barrier 2nd Chuenpee Bogue First Bar Whampoa Broadway 1st Canton 2nd Canton Sanyuanli Amoy 2nd Chusan Chinhai Ningpo Tsekee Chapoo Woosung Chinkiang Battle of Keelung (1841-1842)

The Battle of Tsekee was fought between British and Chinese forces in Tsekee, China, on 15 March 1842 during the First Opium War.

Notes

↑ Bulletins 1842, p. 601
1 2 Bulletins 1842, p. 590
1 2 Bulletins 1842, p. 593

References

Bulletins of State Intelligence (1842). Westminster: Printed by F. Watts.

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