Great Britain · Warfare / Opium Wars, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Following the orders of Lord Palmerston, a British expedition blockades the Mouth of Pearl River and moves north to take Zhoushan. Led by Gordon Bremer in the Wellesley, they captured the empty city after an exchange of gunfire with shore batteries that caused only minor casualties
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