Battle of Chinhai

The Battle of Chinhai (Chinese: 鎮海之戰) 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.