The Taku Forts or Dagu Forts, also called the Peiho Forts are forts located by the Hai River (Peiho River) estuary in the Binhai New Area, Tianjin, in...
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The Battle of the Taku or Battle of Dagu Forts (Chinese: 大沽口炮台之戰) was a short engagement during the Boxer Rebellion between the Chinese Qing dynasty military...
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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...
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and French 1860 expedition to China. It took place at the Taku Forts (also called Peiho Forts) near Tanggu District (Wade-Giles: Pei Tang-Ho), approximately...
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Battle of Taku Forts may refer to: Battle of Taku Forts (1858), an unsuccessful Chinese defense during the Second Opium War Battle of Taku Forts (1859),...
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Second Opium War (section Three battles of Taku Forts)
Rinchen to guard the Taku Forts (also romanized as Ta-ku Forts and also called Daku Forts) near Tianjin. Sengge Rinchen reinforced the forts with additional...
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The First Battle of Taku Forts (Chinese: 第一次大沽口之戰) was the first attack of the Anglo-French alliance against the Taku Forts along the Hai River in Tianjin...
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on Tagish Lake Taku Forts, forts on the south bank of the Hai He, in Tanggu District, Tianjin municipality, in northeastern China Taku, Saga, a city in...
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Felice Beato (section Taku Forts)
rearranged to heighten the photograph's dramatic impact (see events at Taku Forts). He was also in the cities of Delhi, Cawnpore, Meerut, Benares, Amritsar...
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August 1900, as "more or less a civil war", though the Battle of the Taku Forts in June pushed the Qing government to support the Boxers. With the success...
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invasion by Anglo-French forces during the Second Opium War whereby the Taku Forts were captured. In 1863 seagoing ships could reach the head of navigation...
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Two vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Taku after the Taku forts in China. HMS Taku (1900) was a captured destroyer. Originally built by...
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explaining why he had given aid to the British squadron in an attack on Taku Forts at the mouth of the Hai River, thereby abandoning the strict American...
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idea of taking the Taku Forts and the ships under his command were able to make a noteworthy contribution in the Battle of Taku Forts (1900). On 8 June...
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clasps: Taku Forts Awarded to Royal Naval personnel of the British contingent of the international fleet involved in the attack of the Taku Forts along...
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received the medal for the First China War) Fatshan 1857 Canton 1857 Taku Forts 1858 Taku Forts 1860 Pekin 1860 The medal could also be awarded without a clasp...
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took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 21 August 1860 at the Taku Forts, China, Private McDougall with an officer of his regiment (Robert Montresor...
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Stanley Fort All forts in Macau were built during or used during Portuguese rule: Fortaleza da Guia Fortaleza de Mong Há Fortaleza do Monte Taku Forts, Tianjin...
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possessions in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Amoy, and Hankou, as well as at two forts (Taku and the Shan Hai Guan). It is noteworthy to pinpoint that only in Tianjin...
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Northern of the Taku Forts, China, Fitzgibbon accompanied a wing of the 67th Regiment when it took up a position within 500 yards of the fort. He proceeded...
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commander Liu Wen-tien. General Huang Wei-kang's brigade defended the Taku Forts gallantly and also attacked a nearby Japanese airfield, destroying many...
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images. His photographs of the Taku Forts formed a narrative recreation of the battle, showing the approach to the forts, the effects of bombardments on...
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the sinking of the war-junks, the Battle of Canton and the Battle of Taku Forts during the Second Opium War and then saw action again at the Battle of...
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took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 21 August 1860 at the Taku Forts, China, Lieutenant Lenon, with Lieutenant Robert Montresor Rogers and...
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tried to recapture the forts from the river direction.[citation needed] Sailing from Hong Kong in July, the capture of the Taku Forts on 21 August 1860 had...
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he joined the British and French at Shanghai. When the Allies took the Taku Forts Putyatin offered himself as a mediator. The result was the Treaties of...
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Japanese warship bombarded the Taku Forts in support of the Fengtian offensive, killing several Guominjun troops guarding the forts. In retaliation, Guominjun...
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division of the expeditionary force which took part in the Battle of Taku Forts, the surrender of Peking's Anting Gate and the entry to Peking in 1860...
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as Assault Pioneers. They took part in the Battle of Taku Forts (1858), the Battle of Taku Forts (1860) and the Battle of Palikao in the Second Opium...
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Boxer Rebellion in China, in which he participated in the assault on the Taku Forts. In 1902, he passed the final officer's examination, and was commissioned...
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