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The Battle of the Barrier Forts (also known as the Battle of the Pearl River Forts) was fought between American and Chinese forces in the Pearl River...

abandoning the strict American policy of neutrality that had been adopted in the Second Opium War after the Battle of the Barrier Forts. The use of the word...

the Battle of the Barrier Forts. He resigned his commission in 1860. When the Civil War broke out, Kirkland was initially appointed a captain in the Confederate...

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...

release the other three.[citation needed] On 23 October, the British destroyed four barrier forts. On 25 October, a demand was made that the British be...

The Second Battle of Taku Forts (Chinese: 第二次大沽口之戰) was a failed Anglo-French attempt to seize the Taku Forts along the Hai River in Tianjin, China, in...

The Battle of the Barrier (Chinese: 澳門之戰) was fought between British and Chinese forces at the boundary separating Macao from the Chinese mainland on...

of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the American...

the Expedition to Canton in April 1847, the British captured 49 guns on Napier's Fort. It later became one of four forts known as the Barrier Forts,...

assisting the barrier. The Balochistan portion of the border is marked with roughly 600 forts [1]. The barrier and other measures are designed to impede the Afghan...

During the Second Opium War, American and Qing forces briefly clashed in November 1856 at the Battle of the Barrier Forts, the first instance of military...

Battle of Canton (1856) Capture of the French Folly Fort Battle of the Bogue (1856) November — Battle of the Barrier Forts Taiping Rebellion Battle of...

Highlands Department of the Continental Army. The first chain was destroyed by British forces in the aftermath of the Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery...

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres...

ending the battle. With no navy to support them, the three forts also surrendered within days. Complete control of lower Mobile Bay thus passed to the Union...

The battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip (April 18–28, 1862) was the decisive battle for possession of New Orleans in the American Civil War. The two...

The Indian barrier state was a British proposal to establish a Native American buffer state in the portion of the Great Lakes region of North America...

The Battle of Halen (German: Gefecht bei Halen), also known as the Battle of the Silver Helmets (Dutch: Slag der Zilveren Helmen; French: Bataille des...

down the stonework buildings. The battle was strategically barren for the British, however. Their campaign against the forts caused delays in reinforcing...

The 10-second barrier is the physical and psychological barrier of completing the 100 metres sprint in under ten seconds. The achievement is traditionally...