The Capture of the French Folly Fort by British forces in China occurred on 6 November 1856 during the Second Opium War. The British dispersed 23 Chinese war junks and captured the French Folly fort in the Pearl River near the city of Canton (Guangzhou) in Guangdong province. The battle lasted nearly an hour. The British consul Harry Parkes described the Chinese as putting up "a very hot resistance" and the engagement as "exceeding creditable to the bravery not only of our men, but of the Chinese also."
Attributes | Values |
---|
rdf:type
| |
rdfs:label
| - Capture of the French Folly Fort (en)
- Bataille du fort French Folly (fr)
|
rdfs:comment
| - The Capture of the French Folly Fort by British forces in China occurred on 6 November 1856 during the Second Opium War. The British dispersed 23 Chinese war junks and captured the French Folly fort in the Pearl River near the city of Canton (Guangzhou) in Guangdong province. The battle lasted nearly an hour. The British consul Harry Parkes described the Chinese as putting up "a very hot resistance" and the engagement as "exceeding creditable to the bravery not only of our men, but of the Chinese also." (en)
- La bataille du fort French Folly est la capture par les forces Britanniques du French Folly fort à Canton (Chine) le 6 novembre 1856, le lendemain de la première bataille de Canton au cours de la Seconde Guerre de l'Opium. (fr)
|
foaf:name
| - Capture of French Folly Fort (en)
|
geo:lat
| |
geo:long
| |
foaf:depiction
| |
Relates an entity ...ch it is located.
| |
dcterms:subject
| |
Wikipage page ID
| |
Wikipage revision ID
| |
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
| |
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
| |
sameAs
| |
dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate
| |
thumbnail
| |
caption
| - Start of the action, showing the steamers Barracouta and Coromandel (en)
|
casualties
| |
combatant
| |
commander
| |
conflict
| - Capture of French Folly Fort (en)
|
date
| |
image size
| |
notes
| |
partof
| - the Second Opium War (en)
|
place
| - Pearl River, Guangdong, China (en)
|
result
| |
strength
| |
georss:point
| - 23.113333333333333 113.28138888888888
|
has abstract
| - The Capture of the French Folly Fort by British forces in China occurred on 6 November 1856 during the Second Opium War. The British dispersed 23 Chinese war junks and captured the French Folly fort in the Pearl River near the city of Canton (Guangzhou) in Guangdong province. The battle lasted nearly an hour. The British consul Harry Parkes described the Chinese as putting up "a very hot resistance" and the engagement as "exceeding creditable to the bravery not only of our men, but of the Chinese also." (en)
- La bataille du fort French Folly est la capture par les forces Britanniques du French Folly fort à Canton (Chine) le 6 novembre 1856, le lendemain de la première bataille de Canton au cours de la Seconde Guerre de l'Opium. (fr)
|
prov:wasDerivedFrom
| |
page length (characters) of wiki page
| |
causalties
| |
combatant
| |
date
| |
notes
| - 1 Comprising 2launchers, 2barges, 3pinnaces, 6cutters, and 1gig
|
result
| |
strength
| - 2 steamers
- 14 small boats1
- 23 junks
|