Battle of Palikao
The Battle of Palikao (French: La bataille de Palikao; simplified Chinese: 八里桥之战; traditional Chinese: 八里橋之戰; pinyin: Bālǐqiáo zhī zhàn; lit. 'Battle of the Eight-Mile Bridge') was fought at the bridge of Baliqiao by Anglo-French forces against the Qing Empire during the Second Opium War on the morning of 21 September 1860. It allowed Western forces to take the capital Beijing and eventually defeat the Qing Empire.
| Battle of Palikao | |||||||
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| Part of the Second Opium War | |||||||
The bridge of Palikao on the evening of the battle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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United Kingdom France | Qing China | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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James Hope Grant Charles Cousin-Montauban | Sengge Rinchen | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10,000 | 50,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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British: 2 killed 29 wounded French: 3 killed 18 wounded | 1,200 casualties | ||||||
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