Battle of Palikao

Battle of Palikao
	Part of the Second Opium War
	; The bridge of Palikao on the evening of the battle
Date	21 September 1860
Location	Palikao, China39°54′24″N 116°36′51″E / 39.90667°N 116.61417°E
Result	Franco-British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom; France	Qing China
Commanders and leaders
James Hope Grant; Charles Cousin-Montauban	Sengge Rinchen
Strength
10,000	50,000
Casualties and losses
British:; 2 killed; 29 wounded; French:; 3 killed; 18 wounded	1,200 casualties

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.^[5]

^ de Saint-Amand & Martin 1912, p. 273
^ Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India. Volume 6. Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing. 1911. p. 435.
^ London Gazette: no. 22452, pp. 4770–4771, 27 November 1860. Accessed 28 September 2010.
^ ^a ^b de Saint-Amand & Martin 1912, p. 277
^ Mourre 1968, p. 500

[1] Saint-Amand & Martin 1912, p. 273

[2] Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India. Volume 6. Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing. 1911. p. 435.

[gazette-3] London Gazette: no. 22452, pp. 4770–4771, 27 November 1860. Accessed 28 September 2010.

[p._277-4] Saint-Amand & Martin 1912, p. 277

[5] Mourre 1968, p. 500

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