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nam.ac.uk. The National Army Museum is the British Army's central museum. It is located in the Chelsea district of central London, adjacent to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the home of the "Chelsea Pensioners". The museum is a non-departmental public body. It is usually open to the public from 10:00 to 17:30, except on 25–26 December and 1 January.
After taking the fort near Canton with little effort, the British Army attacked Canton. [ citation needed ] The capture of Canton, on 1 January 1858, [ 16 ] [ page needed ] a city with a population of over 1,000,000 [ 23 ] [ page needed ] by less than 6,000 troops, resulted in the British and French forces suffering 15 killed and 113 wounded ...
East India Company. The First Opium War (Chinese : 第一次鴉片戰爭; pinyin : Dìyīcì yāpiàn zhànzhēng), also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought between the British Empire and the Qing dynasty of China between 1839 and 1842.
The Battle of Canton (Chinese: 廣州城戰役) was fought by British and French forces against Qing China on 28–31 December 1857 during the Second Opium War.The British High Commissioner, Lord Elgin, was keen to take the city of Canton as a demonstration of power and to capture Chinese official Ye Mingchen, who had resisted British attempts to implement the 1842 Treaty of Nanking.
Arm Badge. Glider. From King's Own Royal Border Regiment. Abbreviation. LANCS. The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border) (LANCS) is an infantry regiment of the line within the British Army, part of the King's Division. Headquartered in Preston, it recruits throughout the North West of England.
Battle. British bombardment of Canton from the surrounding heights. On May 21 Chinese forces attempted a night ambush on British positions in the hills to the north of Canton but were repelled. By 2:00 am on the 24th a contingent of naval and land units under Maj. Gen. Hugh Gough assembled, ready to attack the city.
Jacob Nagle came to Canton to live with his sister and in the 1830s worked at the Stark County Clerk of Courts and Recorder's Office. He died in 1841. Revolutionary War-era veteran from Canton ...
Canton Coolie Corps. The Canton Coolie Corps was a British Army logistics unit raised in 1860 for service in the latter part of the Second Opium War. The unit was recruited from Chinese men, typically from members of the Hakka people, who would serve as coolies, manual labourers who carry goods. Recruitment was slowed due to false rumours that ...