Battle of Taku Forts (1858)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:French_Empire
gptkb:Qing_dynasty
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Sengge_Rinchen
Admiral Michael Seymour
Comte Charles Rigault de Genouilly
gptkbp:date 20 May 1858
gptkbp:followedBy Battle of Taku Forts (1859)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Taku Forts (1858)
gptkbp:location Taku Forts, near Tianjin, China
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Second_Opium_War
gptkbp:precededBy Battle of Canton (1857)
gptkbp:result Anglo-French victory
gptkbp:significance Led to the Treaty of Tientsin
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Taku_Forts
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7