Battle of Chinkiang

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Chinkiang was a major 1842 military engagement during the First Opium War in which British forces captured the strategically vital city of Zhenjiang, helping to force Qing China into accepting the Treaty of Nanking.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
belligerent	British forces ⓘ Qing Chinese forces ⓘ
campaign	British Yangtze campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
cityCaptured	Zhenjiang NERFINISHED ⓘ
combatant	Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	First Opium War NERFINISHED ⓘ
consequence	contributed to Treaty of Nanking ⓘ helped force Qing China to negotiate peace ⓘ
date	1842 ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
followedBy	negotiations leading to Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
location	China NERFINISHED ⓘ Jiangsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhenjiang NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	Qing Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	First Opium War NERFINISHED ⓘ Opium Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	British advance up the Yangtze River ⓘ
relatedTo	British imperial expansion in East Asia ⓘ Treaty ports in China ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ
significance	helped open Chinese ports to British trade ⓘ major engagement of the First Opium War ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of Yangtze River ⓘ threatened Nanjing ⓘ
theatre	Yangtze River campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
treatyInfluenced	Treaty of Nanking NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	urban assault ⓘ
year	1842 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Anglo-Chinese War → hasSignificantEvent → Battle of Chinkiang ⓘ

Sir Hugh Gough → notableBattle → Battle of Chinkiang ⓘ

subject surface form: Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough