Battle of Taku Forts (1860)

Third Battle of Taku Forts
	Part of the Second Opium War
	; Interior of the north fort after its capture
Date	12–21 August 1860
Location	Taku Forts, Tianjin, China
Result	Franco-British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom; France	Qing dynasty
Commanders and leaders
James Hope Grant; Charles Cousin-Montauban	Governor Hengfu
Strength
British: ; 10,000 infantry; 1,000 cavalry:-; Royal Dragoon Guards, Probyn's Horse, Fane's Horse; French:; 6,700	5,000 infantry,; 2,000 cavalry; ~45 artillery pieces,; 4 forts
Casualties and losses
British:; 201; French:; 158	100+ killed,; ~300 wounded,; ~2,100 captured,; 45 artillery pieces captured

The Third Battle of Taku Forts (Chinese: 第三次大沽口之戰) was an engagement of the Second Opium War, part of the British and French 1860 expedition to China. It took place at the Taku Forts (also called Peiho Forts) near Tanggu District (Wade-Giles: Pei Tang-Ho), approximately 60 kilometers (36 mi.) southeast of the city of Tianjin (Tientsin).

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