Battle of Taku Forts (1859)
| Second Battle of Taku Forts | |||||||
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| Part of the Second Opium War | |||||||
The Taku Forts | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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British Empire French Empire United States | Qing China | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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James Hope (WIA) Josiah Tattnall III | Sengge Rinchen | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Britain: 1,160 (on land) 11 gunboats 4 steam ships |
4,000 60 guns 6 forts | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Britain: 3 gunboats sunk 3 gunboats grounded 81 killed 345 wounded France: 12 killed 23 wounded United States: 1 killed 1 wounded 1 launch damaged | 32 killed or wounded | ||||||
The Second Battle of Taku Forts (Chinese: 第二次大沽口之戰) was a failed Anglo-French attempt to seize the Taku Forts along the Hai River in Tianjin, China, in June 1859 during the Second Opium War. A chartered American steamship arrived on scene and assisted the French and British in their attempted suppression of the forts.