Battle of Chinhai

The Battle of Chinhai () was fought between British and Chinese forces in Chinhai (Zhenhai), Zhejiang province, China, on the 10 October 1841 during the First Opium War. The Chinese force consisted of a garrison of Manchu and Mongol Bannermen. The British capture of this city allowed them to seize Ningbo unopposed on 13 October.

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Bibliography

• Hall, William Hutcheon; Bernard, William Dallas (1846). The Nemesis in China (3rd ed.). London: Henry Colburn.
• MacPherson, Duncan (1843). Two Years in China (2nd ed.). London: Saunders and Otley

Further reading

• The Chinese Repository. Volume 10. Canton. 1841. pp. 680–682.