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The Battle of Amoy was fought between British and Chinese forces in Amoy (Xiamen), China, on 26August 1841, during the First Opium War. The British captured the forts in Amoy and Gulangyu Island. == Battle == Prior to the engagement Qing Dynasty forces prepared defenses along the shores of Amoy and built batteries on Gulangyu Island. The British began the battle by bombarding the island's batteries for two to four hours (sources vary), with little effect. Land forces then disembarked their transports and took the batteries with little resistance. The day was noted as being very hot and fatiguing to the men. Qing forces withdrew and the city fell the next day. A garrison force of 550 men, mostly from the 18th and three ships – the ''Druid'', ''Pylades'', and the ''Algerine'' – was left moored at Gulangyu to defend Amoy.〔''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions From India, Vol IV Expeditions Overseas.'' Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing.(1911)〕 Rosa Luxemburg provides a brief account of the battle in her magnum opus ''The Accumulation of Capital''. ::''"On August25, 1841, the British approached the town of Amoy, whose forts were armed with a hundred of the heaviest Chinese guns. These guns being almost useless, and the commanders lacking in resource, the capture of the harbour was child’s play. Under cover of a heavy barrage, British ships drew near the walls of Kulangau, landed their marines, and after a short stand the Chinese troops were driven out. The twenty-six battle-junks with 128 guns in the harbour were also captured, their crews having fled. One battery, manned by Tartars, heroically held out against the combined fire of three British ships, but a British landing was effected in their rear and the post wiped out."'' (Luxemburg, Rosa (1913) ''The Accumulation of Capital'' Routledge, 2013 p371) Commander John Elliot Bingham (late first lieutenant of HMS ''Modeste'') wrote a detailed first hand account of the battle from a British perspective. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Amoy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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